ethnology
1Ethnology — (from the Greek ἔθνος, ethnos meaning people, nation, race ) is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language, and social structure of the ethnic, racial, and/or national divisions …
2Ethnology — Eth*nol o*gy . [Gr. ? nation + logy.] The science which treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities which characterize them …
3ethnology — (n.) 1842, from ETHNO (Cf. ethno ) + LOGY (Cf. logy). Related: Ethnologist …
4ethnology — *anthropology, archaeology …
5ethnology — ► NOUN ▪ the study of the characteristics of different peoples and the differences and relationships between them. DERIVATIVES ethnologic adjective ethnological adjective ethnologist noun …
6ethnology — [eth näl′ə jē] n. [ ETHNO + LOGY] the branch of anthropology that studies comparatively the cultures of contemporary, or recent, societies or language groups ethnological [eth΄nə läj′i kəl] adj. ethnologic ethnologically adv. ethnologist n …
7Ethnology (journal) — Ethnology is an anthropology journal founded in 1962 by George Peter Murdock, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press. It specializes in ethnographic articles and cross cultural studies …
8ethnology — noun Date: circa 1828 1. a science that deals with the division of human beings into races and their origin, distribution, relations, and characteristics 2. anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures ;… …
9ethnology — ethnological /eth neuh loj i keuhl/, ethnologic, adj. ethnologically, adv. ethnologist, n. /eth nol euh jee/, n. 1. a branch of anthropology that analyzes cultures, esp. in regard to their historical development and the similarities and… …
10ethnology — noun The branch of anthropology that studies and compares the different human cultures. See Also: ethnic, ethnography, ethnologist …
