subject area

Noun
  1. A branch of knowledge (synset 106005806)
    "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
    is a type of: domain, knowledge base, knowledge domain - the content of a particular field of knowledge
    subtypes:
    • occultism - the study of the supernatural
    • communication theory, communications - the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)
    • major - the principal field of study of a student at a university
    • frontier - an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development
    • genealogy - the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
    • allometry - the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole
    • bibliotics - the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity
    • ology - an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge
    • science, scientific discipline - a particular branch of scientific knowledge
    • architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings
    • landscape architecture - the art, planning, design, management, preservation and rehabilitation of the land and the design of large man-made constructs
    • applied science, engineering, engineering science, technology - the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
    • futuristics, futurology - the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions
    • arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts - studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
    • divinity, theology - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth
    • military science - the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare
    • escapology - the study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment)
    • graphology - the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition)
    • numerology - the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs
    • protology - the study of origins and first things
    • theogony - the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods
    same as: bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject field

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