maledictology

maledictology

English

Etymology

From malediction +‎ -ology.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmælədɪkˈtɑləd͡ʒi/
• Hyphenation: mal‧e‧dic‧tol‧o‧gy

Noun

maledictology (uncountable)

1. The scientific study of insults and curses.
   • 1998, Varadaraja V. Raman, Bālakāṇḍa: Rāmāyaṇa as Literature and Cultural History (page 282)

     For in the framework of maledictology (if one may so describe the science of cursing), when a spiritually evolved person pronounces an effective curse, he loses much of his/her accumulated credits.

   • 2005, Reinhold Aman, Maledicta (volume 10, page 44)

     This unexplored domain of maledictology offers unique possibilities to those nefarious individuals who may desire to convey either erotic, lecherous, licentious or profane and abusive messages.

   • 2008, Ernest W.B. Hess-Lüttich, HimmelHerrgottSakrament! Gopfridstutz! und Sacklzement! Ars Semeiotica, Volume 31, No. 3–4, page 327

     Therefore, the paper follows the outline given above: (i) maledictology – on swearing and reviling, (ii) from the history…

   • 2012, Paul Convery, Inkhorn's Erotonomicon (page 145) →ISBN

     maledictology * the study of obscene or abusive language

   • 2014, Bill Van, Message-ID: <[e-mail]> in alt.usage.english

     Reinhold Aman (born April 8, 1936) is a former chemical engineer and professor of German, and the publisher of Maledicta, a scholarly journal dedicated entirely to the study of offensive language, also known as maledictology.

   • 2015, O. V. Moshtak, Linguistic aspect of evaluative category of pejorativeness. Науковий вісник Міжнародного гуманітарного університету. Серія: Філологія 17 (2) (2015): 137-139.

     The linguists R. Aman and F. Kinner are called founders of modern science of verbal aggression - maledictology.