Meronyms: cryptography, cryptanalysis; encoding, decoding; encrypting, decrypting, decyphering
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Cryptology
//kɹɪpˈtɑ.lə.d͡ʒi//
Synonyms for "cryptology" (10 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (5)
Noun(3 words)
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5 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- криптология noun (practice)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 密码术 noun (practice)
- 密碼學 /密码学 noun (practice)
Danish
1 entries- kryptologi noun (practice)
Estonian
1 entries- krüptoloogia noun (practice)
Finnish
4 entries- kryptografia noun (practice)
- kryptologia noun (study)
- salakieli noun (secret or enigmatical language)
- salakirjoitustaito noun (practice)
French
1 entries- cryptologie noun (practice)
Georgian
1 entries- კრიპტოლოგია noun (practice)
German
1 entries- Kryptologie noun (practice)
Icelandic
1 entries- dulmálsfræði noun (practice)
Italian
1 entries- crittologia noun (practice)
Japanese
1 entries- 暗号学 noun (practice)
Khmer
1 entries- រហស្សវិទ្យា noun (practice)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kriptologija noun (practice)
Malay
1 entries- kriptologi noun (practice)
Polish
1 entries- kryptologia noun (practice)
Portuguese
1 entries- criptologia noun (practice)
Russian
1 entries- криптоло́гия noun (practice)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- kriptologija noun (practice)
Spanish
1 entries- criptología noun (practice)
Swedish
2 entries- kryptologi noun (study)
- kryptologi noun (practice)
Sample sentences
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Near-synonyms: cryptanalysis, decoding, decrypting, decyphering
Source: wiktionary
But the question of speech-play causes confusion to the slang researcher because this subject borders on family slang, private lingo, secret language, cryptologies, disguised language of children and grown-ups
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