typology
/taɪˈpɒlədʒɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1
- a classification according to general type, especially in archaeology, psychology, or the social sciences（尤指考古、心理、社会等学科）类型学, 分类研究：
a typology of Saxon cremation vessels.
撒克逊火葬容器分类研究。
1.1
- mass noun study or analysis using such classification类型学; 类型分析。
2
- mass noun the study and interpretation of types and symbols, originally especially in the Bible（原尤指对《圣经》）类型与符号研究解释; 解经学。
派生词
typological
/-əˈlɒdʒɪkəl/ adjectivetypologist
noun词源
mid 19th cent. (in sense 2)： from Greek tupos, 'type', + -LOGY.