knappologi
Swedish
Etymology
From knapp (“button”) + -ologi, coined by August Strindberg in 1884 in his short story De lycksaliges ö in which one of the characters develops a quasiscientific classification system for buttons.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌknapʊlʊˈɡiː/
Noun
knappologi c
- an exaggerated and pointlessly pedantic systematization, especially of something trivial
- 1907, Strindberg, August, "De lycksaliges ö: Nionde kapitlet", Svenska öden och äfventyr, page 382:
- "Han skrev först en avhandling om Nödvändigheten av Knapparnes Studium ur Vetenskaplig synpunkt. Därpå gick han in till Skattkammaren med en inlaga anhållande om en Professorsplats i Knappologien, samt två amanuensplatser."
- First, he wrote a dissertation about the Necessity to Study Buttons from a Scientific point of view. After that, he went to the Treasury with a plea requesting the Title of Professor in the field of Knappologi, and also two amanuensis positions.
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Declension
| Declension of knappologi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | knappologi | knappologin | — | — |
| Genitive | knappologis | knappologins | — | — |
Descendants
- Finnish: knoppologia
Derived terms
- knappolog
Related terms
- knapp