The study of war, especially as an academic discipline.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science. From ancient Greek πολεμο-, combining form (in e.g. πολεμοποιός making war) of πόλεμος war + -logy.
Definition of polemology in US English:
polemology
nounˌpɒləˈmɒlədʒi
The study of war, especially as an academic discipline.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science. From ancient Greek πολεμο-, combining form (in e.g. πολεμοποιός making war) of πόλεμος war + -logy.