ETHNOLOGY

ethnology

(noun) the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ethnology (usually uncountable, plural ethnologies)

(anthropology) The branch of anthropology that studies and compares the different human cultures.

Source: Wiktionary


Eth*nol"o*gy n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]

Definition: The science which treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities which characterize them.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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3 July 2025

SENSE

(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”


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