Fairyology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of fairies. uncountable

    "The sentimentality and enchantment associated with Victorian fairyology did not survive the Great War, and the incident of the Cottingley fairies marked the end of the cult of fairies in literature and other arts […]"

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"The sentimentality and enchantment associated with Victorian fairyology did not survive the Great War, and the incident of the Cottingley fairies marked the end of the cult of fairies in literature and other arts […]"

Etymology

From fairy + -ology.

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