the branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description of individual human societies
Derived forms
ethnographer (ˌethˈnographer)
noun
ethnographic (ˌɛθnəʊˈɡræfɪk) or ethnographical (ˌethnoˈgraphical)
adjective
ethnographically (ˌethnoˈgraphically)
adverb
ethnoscience in American English
(ˌeθnouˈsaiəns)
noun
the study of the systems of knowledge and classification of material objects and concepts by primitive and non-Western peoples
Word origin
[1960–65; ethno- + science]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Pap test, disco, pop art, tag question, zip codeethno- is a combining form meaning “race,” “culture,” “people,” used in the formation ofcompound words. Other words that use the affix ethno- include: ethnoarchaeology, ethnobiology, ethnobotany, ethnology, ethnomusicology
Examples of 'ethnoscience' in a sentence
ethnoscience
Recording and transcription seem to be issues of ethnoscience that have already been resolved many years ago.
Murín Ivan 2014, 'Visualisation of Intangible Data of the Cultural Heritage in Field Research and HermeneuticAnalysis', Ethnologia Actualishttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/eas.2014.14.issue-1/eas-2014-0004/eas-2014-0004.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)