Definition of Sinology

1. Noun. The study of Chinese history and language and culture.

Generic synonyms: Arts, Humanistic Discipline, Humanities, Liberal Arts
Derivative terms: Sinologist

Definition of Sinology

1. n. That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of the Chinese, their language, literature, etc.

Definition of Sinology

1. Noun. The study of the history, language and culture of China ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sinology

1. the study of the Chinese [n -GIES]

Medical Definition of Sinology

1. That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of the Chinese, their language, literature, etc. Origin: Cf. F. Sinologie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sinology

sinoatrial
sinoatrial block
sinoatrial chamber
sinoatrial conduction time
sinoatrial nodal artery
sinoatrial node
sinoatrial recovery time
sinoauricular block
sinography
sinoite
sinological
sinologies
sinologists
sinologue
sinologues
sinology (current term)
sinomenine
sinoper
sinopers
sinopia
sinopias
sinopie
sinopis
sinopises
sinopite
sinopites
sinople
sinopulmonary
sinoscopy

Literary usage of Sinology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Jesuits, 1534-1921: A History of the Society of Jesus from Its by Thomas Joseph Campbell (1921)
"... Cartography — sinology — Egyptology — Sanscrit — Catholic Encyclopedia — Catalogues of Jesuit Writers — Acta Sanctorum — Jesuit Relations — Nomenclator ..."

2. On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason and on the Will by Arthur Schopenhauer (1907)
"sinology. "IV T OTHING perhaps points more directly to a high JL ^1 degree of civilization in China than the almost incredible density of its population, ..."

3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1864)
"In treating of the literature of sinology, we can refer only to book*, ... sinology in real earnest may be dated from J. Marshman'a •• Dissertation on the ..."

4. China and Religion by Edward Harper Parker (1905)
"No one has done greater general service to sinology, including, indirectly, religious sinology, than the late Dr Bretschneider; but (as he frequently told ..."

5. The Oldest Book of the Chinese, the Yh-king, and Its Authors by Terrien de Lacouperie (1892)
"In the thoroughly unscientific condition of present sinology, where routine and vested interests take the lead over science, our first communications on the ..."

6. The Oldest Book of the Chinese, the Yh-king, and Its Authors by Terrien de Lacouperie (1892)
"In the thoroughly unscientific condition of present sinology, where routine and vested interests take the lead over science, our first communications on the ..."

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