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ufology

ufology

2 9.9
The study of reports about strange lights and flying objects people cannot identify
  • noun
  • /juːˈfɒlədʒi/
  • Specialized
: ufología
  • There is no shame in acknowledging that science is unsuited to UFO research, since, as Bauer argued, UFOlogy is a field where definitive answers are unlikely to be found.
  • the field of UFOlogy

But at what point were you like, hey, I'm really interested in, say, ufology, physics and some esoteria, if you will.

Examples

  • When we started out, our main challenge was to distinguish ourselves from ufology and other pseudoscience.

  • My guess is that, as with astrology, psi phenomena, ancient astronauts, and crypto-zoology, ufology will be with us in some form forever.

    Blog text (1)

  • New Mexico is the ufology capital of the world.

    Transamerica (2005)

  • I think you are making a mistake here that many in Ufology make.

    Blog text (1)

  • I think ufology will still be around in 100 years, although in a different form.

    Blog text (1)

  • Well, 1952 was a very interesting year for ufology in general.

    FLATWOODS (2022)

  • As long as people see oddities in the sky, ufology will be alive.

    Blog text (1)

  • Enthusiasts admit that a continued failure to provide proof and a decline in the number of "flying saucer" sightings suggest that aliens do not exist after all and could mean the end of "Ufology"—the study of UFOs—within the next decade.

    Blog text (26)

  • Many enthusiasts gather at conventions to discuss the latest findings in ufology.

  • The rise of ufology has sparked debates about the existence of extraterrestrial life.

How Serious

scholarship
  • Formal
35 6.1
ufology
  • Specialized
2 9.9
investigation
∞ 2.9
to interest
189 1.0
speculation
276 4.8

Surface Forms

ufology singular
ufologies plural

Morphology

ufology = UFO (transparent) = U + F + O + logy

The meaning is directly built from the acronym UFO plus the learned suffix '-logy' meaning 'study of'.

Etymology

The word ufology comes from the letters UFO, which is short for 'Unidentified Flying Object', plus the ending -logy, which means 'study' and is the same ending in biology. So ufology simply means the 'study of UFOs' and related phenomena.