noun
- plural of scatology; studies or preoccupations with excrement or obscene language
Usage: technical; often considered vulgar
Examples
- The anthropologist’s research included various cultural scatologies.
- Medieval manuscripts sometimes contained scatologies alongside religious texts.
- The professor warned students that the course would examine historical scatologies.
- Different societies have developed distinct scatologies over time.
- The study of ancient scatologies reveals much about social taboos.