# micrology

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The study of trivialities and minutiae, or focusing on the small details rather than the whole picture.
2. That part of science that deals with microscopic objects, or depends on microscopic observation; microscopy.

## Etymology
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/micrology