Definitions for ethnology

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ethnology eth·nol·o·gy

Spelling: [eth-nol-uh-jee]

IPA: /ɛθˈnɒl ə dʒi/

Ethnology is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 271 anagrams from letters in ethnology (eghlnooty).

Definitions for ethnology

noun

1. a branch of anthropology that analyzes cultures, especially in regard to their historical development and the similarities and dissimilarities between them.
2. (formerly) a branch of cultural anthropology dealing with the origin, distribution, and distinguishing characteristics of human societies.

Origin of ethnology

First recorded in 1835-45; ethno- + -logy

Examples for ethnology

The comparison and contrast are made by the Bureau of ethnology.

There is a glorious simplicity in his views on Caledonian ethnology.

It by no means follows, that because there is an anthropology there is an ethnology also.

The ethnology of the Americas presents a problem as yet unsolved.

Dr. Fessler's ethnology was faulty, whatever may be thought of his Theology.

It is now deposited in the library of the Bureau of ethnology.

In 1842 societies were founded in Paris and London to promote the study of ethnology.

For instance, the Bureau of ethnology targeted Native Americans in the 19th century.

He started off on ethnology, and we toured the Near East again.

ethnology, I admit, is a most interesting field for speculation.