ethnology
noun
eth路nol路o路gy
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Definition of ethnology
1
: a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures
broadly
: cultural anthropology
2
dated
: a science that deals with the division of human beings into races and their origin, distribution, relations, and characteristics
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Other Words from ethnology
ethnological
\ 藢eth-n蓹-藞l盲-ji-k蓹l
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or less commonly ethnologic \ 藢eth-n蓹-藞l盲-jik
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adjective
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or less commonly ethnologic \ 藢eth-n蓹-藞l盲-jik
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adjective
ethnologist
\ eth-藞n盲-l蓹-jist
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noun
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noun
Examples of ethnology in a Sentence
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To learn more about Vietnam in general and Hanoi in particular, visit the ethnology, military, and history museums. — National Geographic, "See Hanoi like a Nat Geo Explorer," 26 Mar. 2019 The Academy committee incorporated much of Powell鈥檚 report into their own, nevertheless watering it down considerably by passing over ethnology and his ideas about engineering the landscape. — Johnforristerross, Longreads, "Taming the Great American Desert," 2 July 2018 Margaret began her master鈥檚 degree in ethnology and museum ethnography at Oxford and decided to stay and pursue her doctorate in cultural anthropology. — M.a.c. Lynch, courant.com, "Love Story: African Decathlete and American Rower On Love Safari," 10 June 2018 To learn more about Vietnam in general and Hanoi in particular, visit the ethnology, military, and history museums. — National Geographic, "See Hanoi like a Nat Geo Explorer," 26 Mar. 2019 The Academy committee incorporated much of Powell鈥檚 report into their own, nevertheless watering it down considerably by passing over ethnology and his ideas about engineering the landscape. — Johnforristerross, Longreads, "Taming the Great American Desert," 2 July 2018 Margaret began her master鈥檚 degree in ethnology and museum ethnography at Oxford and decided to stay and pursue her doctorate in cultural anthropology. — M.a.c. Lynch, courant.com, "Love Story: African Decathlete and American Rower On Love Safari," 10 June 2018 Once established as the autocrat, Hitler went back to reading nothing but trash ethnology and the westerns of Karl May, whereas Stalin went back to reading Dickens, Chekhov, Gogol, Hemingway, Zola, Balzac, Maupassant and Oscar Wilde. — Martin Amis, New York Times, "Martin Amis on Lenin鈥檚 Deadly Revolution," 16 Oct. 2017 Kay Fowler, who also was at the Smithsonian, recovered Powell鈥檚 manuscripts from 1867-1880 at the ethnology bureau, and the two then collated, annotated and published them in 1971. — Alicia Ault, Smithsonian, "Telling the Story of 19th-Century Native American Treasures Through Bird Feathers," 14 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ethnology.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for ethnology
ethnology
noun
eth路nol路o路gy
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plural ethnologies
Medical Definition of ethnology
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 : cultural anthropology
Other Words from ethnology
ethnological
\ 藢eth-n蓹-藞l盲j-i-k蓹l
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also ethnologic \ -ik
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adjective
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also ethnologic \ -ik
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adjective
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