Meaning of hoplological | Babel Free

Definitions

Of or pertaining to hoplology.

not-comparable

Examples

“Third, hoplological analysis suggests that research be conducted by individuals trained in combative arts.”

“His own fine collection is now in the Musée de Cluny, Paris, and his book The Sword and Womankind — in which he maintains that feminine wiles have caused man to degenerate in physique and have thus brought about the "humiliation" and diminution of the sword — is, in spite of its curious argument, a "hoplological" classic.”

“From the hoplological perspective, Japan's koryu bujutsu are among the last extant hand-to-hand battlefield martial fighting arts in the world.”

“This aspect, displayed by adult males in stalking and hunting behaviour is considered to be the locus of the origin of the eight combat adaptive traits that "comprise the phenomenology of combat. In their interaction, these traits animate any and all systems by which weapons are articulated, as well as unarmed combative systems," and as such are the regarded as the "dynamic core of hoplological inquiry and knowledge" […]”

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