teratology

noun

1. The study of congenital malformations, their development, and people with them.

   countable, uncountable

2. The study of the mechanisms, teratogenic agents, or teratogens, in bringing about malformations.

   countable, uncountable

3. The study or cataloging of monsters.

   countable, uncountable

   ...I would identify a more recent and widespread tendency to remove evil from the realm of a properly human interpretation: what I call a postmodern teratology of the sublime.

Where it comes from

From terato- + -logy, from Ancient Greek τέρας (téras, “monster”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry teratology (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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