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ethnology

ethnology

1 9.1
The study of different groups of people and their ways of life
  • noun
  • /ɛθˈnɑlədʒi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : etnología
  • In 2001, Elisha P. Renne and Misty L. Bastian (2001) edited a special issue of Ethnology on "Reviewing Twinship in Africa."
  • ethnology museum
  • studies in ethnology

Examples

  • Social Contexts of American Ethnology, 1840-1984. Helm. (R. J. Perry) 11(2):147.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The Lenape: Archaeology, History, and Ethnology. Kraft. (J. Miller) 14(4):421.

    Academic text (1992)

  • But it also stands out as a unique event in the history of Sepik ethnology.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Other important pieces from the ethnology collections were shown in the Treasures Gallery near the entrance.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Basic Color Terms, of 1969, have extended into many areas of psychology, ethnology, and psychobiology.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Now the ethnology museum, its Biennale exhibitions occupied four levels of the west wing.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The next highest representation is in the area of ethnology (twenty-nine), followed by history and education.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The field of African, African American, and Diaspora art embraced so much: aesthetics, politics, anthropology, ethnology, the past, and the present.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The Mesoamerican Southwest: Readings in Archaeology, Ethnohistory, and Ethnology. Hedrick, Kelley, and Riley. (F. H. Ellis) 4(2):189.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The study of ethnology reveals how different cultures adapt to their environments.

Synonyms

anthropology
vsethnology
50 6.5

The study of people, their past, and how they live

narrows to characteristics and relationships among distinct groups
ethnography
vsethnology
  • Specialized
3 8.5

A study of how a group of people live by watching them closely

compares characteristics, origins, and relationships across different groups
cultural anthropology
vsethnology
2 5.8

The study of how people in different groups live and share beliefs and customs

focuses on characteristics, origins, and relationships between different groups
social anthropology
vsethnology
1 5.9

The study of how people live together, their groups, rules, and customs

focuses more on origins and cross group relationships than institutions

How Cultural

ethnography
  • Specialized
3 8.5
ethnology
  • Specialized
1 9.1
anthropology
50 6.5
social science
  • Specialized
23 3.4
history
  • Specialized
∞ 1.2

Surface Forms

ethnology singular
ethnologies plural

Morphology

ethnology = ethno + logy

Although the suffix '-logy' clearly signals 'study of', the combining form 'ethno-' is not a standalone English word and is unlikely to be recoverable by an average B1 learner.

Etymology

The word ethnology comes from Greek parts ethno- meaning 'people' and -logy meaning 'study', and it shares the same root as ethnic. So, ethnology is the study of different peoples and their cultures.