scatology
IPA: skætˈɔɫʌdʒi
noun
- The scientific study or chemical analysis of faeces.
- A filthy epithet.
- (psychology, medicine) Interest in or obsession with faeces or other excrement.
- Literature, humor, or pornography featuring excrement or excreting.
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Examples of "scatology" in Sentences
- The use of scatology in literature often serves as a form of satire or crude humor
- Some filmmakers incorporate scatology in their movies for shock value
- Freud famously explored scatology as a symbol of unconscious desires
- Some cultures view scatology as taboo, while others incorporate it into everyday language
- The comedian's scatological jokes had the audience laughing uproariously
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