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ethnology
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eth·nol·o·gy  (th-nl-j)
n.
1. The science that analyzes and compares human cultures, as in social structure, language, religion, and technology; cultural anthropology.
2. The branch of anthropology that deals with the origin, distribution, and characteristics of human racial groups.

ethno·logic (thn-ljk), ethno·logi·cal adj.
ethno·logi·cal·ly adv.
eth·nolo·gist n.

ethnology [ɛθˈnɒlədʒɪ]
n
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) the branch of anthropology that deals with races and peoples, their relations to one another, their origins, and their distinctive characteristics
ethnologic  [ˌɛθnəˈlɒdʒɪk], ethnological adj
ethnologically  adv
ethnologist  n

ethnology
the study, often comparative, of the origins and development of the races of mankind. — ethnologist, n. — ethnologic, ethnological, adj.
See also: Anthropology
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Noun1.ethnology - the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristicsethnology - the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics
anthropology - the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
Translations
ethnology [eθˈnɒlədʒɪ] Netnología f
ethnology [ɛθˈnɒlədʒi] nethnologie f
ethnology
n(vergleichende) Völkerkunde, Ethnologie f
ethnology [ɛθˈnɒlədʒɪ] netnologia


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