ethnology
noun
a branch of anthropology that analyzes cultures, especially in regard to their historical development and the similarities and dissimilarities between them.
ethnologic
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a word derived from
ethnology.
Example Sentences
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We were in a living room that looked like a mix of a youth hostel and an ethnologic museum.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2016
He contributed to the German press and wrote pieces on European geologic and ethnologic subjects for the National Geographic.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two postulates concerning primitive society, adopted by various ethnologic students of other countries, have been erroneously applied to the American aborigines; at the same time they have been so widely accepted as to demand consideration.
From The Siouan Indians by W. J. (William John) McGee
But all the same I had been carefully studying this Transcaucasian district, and was well provided with geographic and ethnologic memoranda.
From The Adventures of a Special Correspondent by Jules Verne
It is impossible to overestimate the ethnologic importance of the materials thus obtained.
