semasiology


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
semasiology /sɪˌmeɪzɪˈɒlədʒi/
noun the branch of knowledge concerned with concepts and the terms that represent them.
– derivatives
semasiological adjective.
– origin C19: from Ger. Semasiologie, from Gk sēmasia ‘meaning’.
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