typological

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
typology/tʌɪˈpɒləʤi/

▶noun (pl. typologies)

• 1 a classification according to general type, especially in archaeology, psychology, or the social sciences.

• 2 the study and interpretation of types and symbols, originally especially in the Bible.

– derivatives
typological /-əˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l/ adjective,
typologist noun.

– origin C19: from Gk tupos ‘type’ + -logy.