micrology.
The study of trivialities and minutiae, or focusing on the small details rather than the whole picture.
Meaning & usage
The study of trivialities and minutiae, or focusing on the small details rather than the whole picture.
That part of science that deals with microscopic objects, or depends on microscopic observation; microscopy.
Where this word comes from
Sense 1 is borrowed directly from Ancient Greek μικρολογία (mikrología, “pettiness, stinginess, triviality”), with the suffix reinterpreted as -logy. Sense 2 is micro- + -logy, effectively the same etymological components.
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