Typology is the study of types or the systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics. Typology is the act of finding, counting and classification facts with the help of eyes, other senses and logic. Typology may refer to:
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Typology (anthropology)
Typology in anthropology was the categorization of the human species by races, based solely on traits that are readily observable from a distance such as head shape, skin color, hair form, body build, and stature. During the late 19th and early 20t ...
, division of culture by races
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Typology (archaeology), classification of artefacts according to their characteristics
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Typology (linguistics), study and classification of languages according to their structural features
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Morphological typology, a method of classifying languages
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Typology (psychology), a model of personality types
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Psychological typologies, classifications used by psychologists to describe the distinctions between people
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Typology (statistics), a concept in statistics, research design and social sciences
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Typology (theology)
Typology in Christian theology and biblical exegesis is a doctrine or theory concerning the relationship of the Old Testament to the New Testament. Events, persons, or statements in the Old Testament are seen as types prefiguring or super ...
, in Christian theology, the interpretation of some figures and events in the Old Testament as foreshadowing the New Testament
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Typology (urban planning and architecture), the classification of characteristics common to buildings or urban spaces
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Building typology, relating to buildings and architecture
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Farm typology, farm classification by the USDA
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Sociopolitical typology
Sociopolitical typology refers to four types, or levels, of a political organization: "band", "tribe", "chiefdom", and "state", created by the anthropologist Elman Service.
Overview
Service's work is fundamental to cultural materialism, one am ...
, four types, or levels, of a political organization
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The Bechers' photographic typologies
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Blanchard's transsexualism typology
Blanchard's transsexualism typology is a proposed psychological typology of gender dysphoria, transsexualism, and fetishistic transvestism, created by sexologist Ray Blanchard through the 1980s and 1990s, building on the work of prior research ...
, a controversial classification of
transwomen
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Johnson's Typology, a classification of intimate partner violence (IPV)
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Topology (disambiguation)
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Type (disambiguation)
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Typification
Typification is a process of creating standard (''typical'') social construction based on standard assumptions. Discrimination based on typification is called typism.
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*Ideal type
*Normal type Normal type (in German: ''Normaltyp'') is a ...
, a process of creating standard (''typical'') social construction based on standard assumptions
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Typology of Greek vase shapes
The pottery of ancient Greece has a long history and the form of Greek vase shapes has had a continuous evolution from Minoan pottery down to the Hellenistic period. As Gisela Richter puts it, the forms of these vases find their "happiest expr ...
, classification of Greek vases
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Typography
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line-spacing ( leading), an ...
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