ethnology

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.

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ethno·logic (thn-ljk), ethno·logi·cal adj.

ethno·logi·cal·ly adv.

eth·nolo·gist n.

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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

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ethnology

the study, often comparative, of the origins and development of the races of mankind. — ethnologist, n. — ethnologic, ethnological, adj.

See also: Anthropology

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ethnology - 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] N → etnología f

ethnology [ɛθˈnɒlədʒi] n → ethnologie f

ethnology

n → (vergleichende) Völkerkunde, Ethnologie f

ethnology [ɛθˈnɒlədʒɪ] n → etnologia

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ethnology [ɛθˈnɒlədʒɪ] n → etnologia