Collapsology
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The transdisciplinary study of the collapse of industrial civilization, and what might succeed it. uncommon, uncountable
"This will be the true purpose of collapsology, which we define as the transdisciplinary study of the collapse of our industrial civilization, and what might succeed it, based on the two cognitive modes of reason and intuition and on recognized scientific studies."
Example
More examples"This will be the true purpose of collapsology, which we define as the transdisciplinary study of the collapse of our industrial civilization, and what might succeed it, based on the two cognitive modes of reason and intuition and on recognized scientific studies."
Etymology
From French collapsologie, collapse + -ology.
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