Home › Words › V › vitologyvitologyvitology means an approach to healthy living promoted in the late 19th and early 20th century.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, vitology ranks #8,540 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Latin vīta (“life”), from vīvō (“to live”), + -ology.nounAn approach to healthy living promoted in the late 19th and early 20th century.e.g.“The modern trend towards the so-called nature cure methods betrays the dim prevision of the new climatic treatment embodied in the science of vitology.” — 1912, The Freewoman - Volume 2, page 293:The scientific study of life at the cellular level.An African worldview that unites life, consciousness, behavior, and culture.e.g.“Martin Nkafu Nkemnkia distinguishes life from being in his theory of African vitology.” — 2007, Satya Nilayam: Chennai Journal of Intercultural Philosophy, page 12:The study or existence of virtual or computer-augmented life.e.g.“Everywhere means physical and cyberspace, real and virtual reality, because vitology can thrive in many spaces.” — 2012, Truths of Terasem, page 30:The model of the life force (chi) in traditional Chinese medicine and philosophy.Life sciences in general.The horticulture of vineyards.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.vinology 56% match — The study of wine and winemaking. vs vitology →aretology 55% match — The part of moral philosophy that deals with virtue, its nature, and how to attain it. vs vitology →sitology 53% match — The science of food and nutrition. vs vitology →dietology 53% match — The study of diets (nutritional regimes). vs vitology →elementology 53% match — An approach to medicine based on the ancient elements of air, earth, fire, and water. vs vitology →vegetotherapy 52% match — A form of Reichian psychotherapy in which the analyst encourages the patient to simulate the bodily effects of strong emotions. vs vitology →wineology 52% match — The study of wine. vs vitology →hygeiotherapy 52% match — A system of alternative medicine introduced by Russell Thacher Trall that grew out of hydropathy, adding lifestyle changes such as abstinence from tobacco and alcohol, a vegetarian diet, fresh air, exercise, and sexual restraint. vs vitology →