ethnologist
Americannoun
Explanation
A scientist who compares the way different human societies and cultures function is an ethnologist. An ethnologist is sometimes called a cultural anthropologist. An ethnologist is an anthropologist who specializes in studying data about the way different groups of people live, and then comparing and contrasting this information. By looking at the religious beliefs, languages, and social norms of various cultures, ethnologists can discover the things we all have in common. The ultimate goal of this work is to better understand humanity. The Greek root of ethnologist is ethnos, "people."
Example Sentences
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Our album The Silence of Scholarly Life by the Ethnologist, for example, never really succeeded in attracting listeners, yet it had an interesting afterlife.
From Salon • Feb. 17, 2019
From Shot-in-the-Arm, Ethnologist Lowie learned that clans provided groupings for competitive entertainment, heard about war games between the Whistling Waters and Greasy Mouths.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ethnologist Davis judged that these tribes were gigantic in stature.
From Time Magazine Archive
Where more superficial observers, for example, might be content to list Crow customs on the warpath, Ethnologist Lowie traces down all aspects of Crow war psychology, discovers an underlying philosophy in contradictory practices.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The rest were all right?" asked the Ethnologist.
From The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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