zombology

English

Etymology

From zombie +‎ -ology.

Noun

zombology (uncountable)

1. (rare) The study of zombies.
   • 2010, Don Sumner, Horror Movie Freak, Iola, Wis.: Krause Publications, →ISBN, page 15:

     Everett Roberts, resident Zombie Master for BHM, first discovered his passion for the undead while studying at Miskatonic University, where he eventually majored in zombology and reanimation theory and minored in camp counselor.

   • 2010, Bud Hanzel, John Olson, The Do-it-yourself Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse, Red Wing, Minn.: Hanson Press, →ISBN, page 93:

     Armed with the knowledge of Zombology 101, you should be able to recognize the key factors being reported and take immediate action.

   • 2011, Worm Miller [pseudonym; Josh Miller], A Zombie’s History of the United States: From the Massacre at Plymouth Rock to the CIA’s Secret War on the Undead, Berkeley, Calif.: Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 169:

     While Ingpen’s scientists were making leaps in the field of zombology, the purpose of Project Phantom was still a military operation; Lt. Gen. Casey had promised Washington zombie soldiers.

   • 2011, Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr., Back from the Dead: Remakes of the Romero Zombie Films as Markers of Their Times, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 24:

     From the same period and among the “lesser lights” of zombie literature is Andy Black’s The Dead Walk, a volume from before the current tide of zombology but a rather uninformed and uninspired survey of “zombie films” which also includes A Clockwork Orange (?), mummy movies and the occasional vampire film.

   • 2012, John “Doc Lucky” Meisenheimer, John Meisenheimer VII, Jake Meisenheimer, Maximus Meisenheimer, Victoria Andrew, The Zombie Cause Dictionary, Orlando, Fla.: LJS&S Publishing, →ISBN, page 6:

     PAPPY 5X, the father of Doc Ruger, legendary zombie hunter, zombology researcher, and member of the Zombie Hunter’s Hall of Fame, had his first kill in 1938.