Dictionary Definition
typology n : classification according to general
type
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
typology- the systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics
Derived terms
Extensive Definition
"Typology" literally means the study of types.
More specifically, it may refer to:
- Typology (anthropology), division of culture by races
- Typology (archaeology), classification of things according to their characteristics
- Typology (theology), in Christian theology the interpretation of some characters and stories in the Old Testament as allegories foreshadowing the New Testament
- Linguistic typology, study and classification of languages according to their structural features
- Morphological typology, in linguistics, a method of classifying languages
- Typology, in psychology, a model of personality types (see Carl Jung, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Enneagram of Personality)
See also
typology in Danish: Typologi (flertydig)
typology in German: Typologie
typology in Spanish: Tipología
typology in Esperanto: Tipologio
typology in French: Typologie
typology in Italian: Tipologia
typology in Dutch: Typologie
typology in Norwegian: Typologi
typology in Polish: Typologia
typology in Portuguese: Tipologia
typology in Russian: Типология
typology in Finnish: Typologia
typology in Swedish: Typologi
typology in Turkish: Tipoloji