Maledictology

//ˌmælədɪkˈtɑləd͡ʒi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The scientific study of insults and curses. uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From malediction + -ology.

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