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E0229700 (ĕth-nŏl′ə-jē)n. The branch of anthropology that analyzes and compares human cultures, as in social structure, language, religion, and technology; cultural anthropology.

eth′no·log′ic (ĕth′nə-lŏj′ĭk), eth′no·log′i·cal adj.eth′no·log′i·cal·ly adv.eth·nol′o·gist n.

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(ɛθˈnɒlədʒɪ) n (Anthropology & Ethnology) the branch of anthropology that deals with races and peoples, their relations to one another, their origins, and their distinctive characteristics ethnologic, ˌethnoˈlogical adj ˌethnoˈlogically adv ethˈnologist n

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n. 1. a branch of anthropology that analyzes cultures, esp. in regard to their development and the similarities and dissimilarities between them. 2. cultural anthropology. 3. (formerly) a. anthropology. b. a branch of anthropology dealing with racial origins, distribution, and characteristics. [1835–45] eth`no•log′i•cal (-nəˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl) eth`no•log′ic, adj. eth•nol′o•gist, n.

ethnology

the study, often comparative, of the origins and development of the races of mankind. — ethnologist, n. — ethnologic, ethnological, adj.See also: Anthropology

ethnology

1. The study of the origins and characteristics of peoples and races.2. A branch of anthropology which focuses on classifying people and cultures and explaining how these groups became distributed.3. The scientific study of human cultures or peoples, especially with regard to their origins, distribution, or characteristics.

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ethnology - the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristicsanthropology - the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings

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ethnic

(ˈeθnik) adjective of nations or races of mankind or their customs, dress, food etc. ethnic groups/dances.种族的ethnology (eθˈnolədʒi) noun the study of the different races of mankind. 人种学ˌethnoˈlogical (-ˈlo-) adjective人种学的ethˈnologist noun人种学家

ethnology

(ĕthnŏl`əjē), scientific study of the origin and functioning of human cultures. It is usually considered one of the major branches of cultural anthropologyanthropology,
classification and analysis of humans and their society, descriptively, culturally, historically, and physically. Its unique contribution to studying the bonds of human social relations has been the distinctive concept of culture.
..... Click the link for more information. , the other two being anthropological archaeology and anthropological linguistics. In the 19th cent. ethnology was historically oriented and offered explanations for extant cultures, languages, and races in terms of diffusion, migration, and other historical processes. In the 20th cent. ethnology has focused on the comparative study of past and contemporary cultures. Since cultural phenomena can seldom be studied under conditions of experiment or control, comparative data from the total range of human behavior helps the ethnologist to avoid those assumptions about human nature that may be implicit in the dictates of any single culture.

Bibliography

See R. H. Lowie, The History of Ethnological Theory (1938); E. A. Hoebel, Man in the Primitive World (1949, 2d ed. 1958); M. Mead, People and Places (1959); B. Schwartz, Culture and Society (1968); C. Geertz, The Interpretation of Culture (1973); E. Hatch, Theories of Man and Culture (1973).

ethnology

the comparative historical study of peoples and cultures within their environments.

In the USA and parts of Europe ‘ethnology’ has sometimes served as an all-encompassing concept for human studies, including various mixes of archaeology, study of material culture, linguistics, sociology together with social, cultural, and physical anthropology, which may also include sociology as a sub-part.

There has been resistance to such an overarching view. British social anthropology for example, has usually distanced itself from the all-encompassing ‘grand’ historical view implied by the ethnological enterprise. RADCLIFFE-BROWN and others advocated ethnographic studies of the social organization of peoples in the ‘here and now’ as a methodological departure from ethnologies, and historicism, although retaining a concern for comparative study.

In contrast, American cultural anthropology, following the lead of BOAS and of Kroeber (Anthropology: Race, Language, Culture, Psychology, 1923) has championed the ambitious all-encompassing broad sweep of ethnological enquiry alongside ethnographic studies, as nothing less than the classification and taxonomization of the ‘total’ history of humankind in all its physical, material and cultural manifestations.

ethnology

[eth′näl·ə·jē] (anthropology) The science that deals with the study of the origin, distribution, and relations of races or ethnic groups of humankind.

ethnology

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

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