Hitlerology

English

Etymology

From Hitler +‎ -ology.

Noun

Hitlerology (uncountable)

1. The study of Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945.
   • 1941 July–September, L[ewis] B[ernstein] Namier, “Coloured Books”, in The Political Quarterly, volume XII, number 3, page 274:

     (Were Hitler’s gramophone items labelled a, b, c, d, etc., any statement of his could be reported in a brief formula, such as cdmhf or adjkbr; while the frequency, incidence, variations, and permutations of these marks would yield useful charts for Hitlerology).

   • 1967, Laslo Havas, translated by Kathleen Szasz, “June”, in The Long Jump, London: Neville Spearman, page 106:

     According to the present state of Hitlerology, it seems certain that until the end of 1943 Hitler was not insane, at least not in the clinical sense of the word.

   • 1978, James P[reston] O’Donnell, “Epilogue⸺1945 and After”, in The Bunker: The History of the Reich Chancellery Group, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 372:

     This was one way of calling Stalin a barefaced liar without actually naming him. Experts in Hitlerology may note several minor flaws in this version, but basically it is quite close to the reality.