In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
GARBOLOGY
garbology
(noun) the study of a society by analyzing its garbage
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
garbology (uncountable)
The anthropological study of society through refuse.
Source: Wiktionary
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SYNCRETISM
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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