MUSICOLOGY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The scholarly and scientific study of music

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("musicology" is a kind of...):

arts; humanistic discipline; humanities; liberal arts (studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills))

Derivation:

musicological (of or relating to musicology)

musicologist (a student of musicology)

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