# politology

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The branch of social science concerned with theory, description, analysis and prediction of political behavior, political systems and politics broadly-construed.

## Etymology
From polit(ics) + -ology, compare German Politologie.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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