Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun protology

1 sense of protology

Sense 1
protology -- (the study of origins and first things; "To Christians, protology refers to God's fundamental purpose for humanity")
       => discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick -- (a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings")