Welcome to Nymology

Info Log in Sign up
Data Top Areas Top Sources Top Scores
 220 Polynyms
 154 Quadranyms
   3 Stories
   5 Tales
  40 Phrases
   2 Fables
   3 Polymaps 		  38 Philosophy
  37 Psychology
  26 Theology
  16 Education
   8 Sociology
   8 Metaphysics
   8 Biology 		  10 I Ching
   9 Jainism
   8 Buddha
   6 Charles Peirce
   4 Hinduism
   4 Max Weber
   3 Wu Xing 		  97 scotty
  88 dane
  85 lori
  25 davekud
  21 kemp
  20 Greggo

To help us think, we group and divide things.

Yin-Yang (2) and Freud's psyche (3) are idea sets, or polynyms.
They span all cultures and disciplines.

Why not collect them?

Learn More Play
Polynym examples:
Polynym
Salvation

salvation

Area
Theology
Mode
step
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
http://www.visionm...

dream

Source
D.A. Goodman
Area
Psychology
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
kemp
Polynym
Four discourses

discourse position

Source
Jacques Lacan
Area
Psychology
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Four boxes of liberty

box of liberty

Source
Stephen Decatur Miller
Area
Politics
Mode
step
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Jungian cognitive functions

cognitive functions

Source
Carl Jung
Area
Psychology
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
https://courses.lu...

Musical Textures

Source
Common Terms
Area
Music Theory
Mode
type
Depth
5
User
dane
Polynym
Federal government of the United States

US government

Source
US Constitution
Area
Politics
Mode
part
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
SOLID

SOLID object-oriented programming

Source
Robert C. Martin
Area
Programming
Mode
part
Depth
5
User
scotty
Polynym
Dravya

substance

Source
Jain
Area
Theology
Mode
part
Depth
6
User
scotty
Polynym
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

triadic structure

Source
G.W.F. Hegel
Area
Philosophy
Mode
part
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
Cell division

cell division

Area
Biology
Mode
type
Depth
2
User
scotty
Polynym
Bagua

image

Source
I Ching
Area
Philosophy
Mode
type
Depth
8
User
scotty
Polynym Detail Polynym Database
© 2026 Nymology