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ethnology

ethnology

3 definitions found for ethnology

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ethnology \Eth*nol"o*gy\n. [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. Ethologic

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :

  ethnology
      n 1: the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of
           humankind into races and with their origins and
           distribution and distinctive characteristics

From The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) :

  ETHNOLOGY, n.  The science that treats of the various tribes of Man,
  as robbers, thieves, swindlers, dunces, lunatics, idiots and
  ethnologists.