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micrology.

The study of trivialities and minutiae, or focusing on the small details rather than the whole picture.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The study of trivialities and minutiae, or focusing on the small details rather than the whole picture.

    uncountable · usually
  2. That part of science that deals with microscopic objects, or depends on microscopic observation; microscopy.

    uncountable · usually
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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