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eth·nol·o·gy \-jē, -ji\ noun (-es) Etymology: ethno- + -logy 1. : a science that deals with the division of mankind into races, with their origin, distribution, and relations, and with the peculiarities that characterize them — see ethnogeny, ethnography 2. : cultural or social anthropology including the comparative and analytical study of cultures and excluding the subject matter of archaeology and physical anthropology 3. : the materials of ethnology < the ethnology of the American Indian > |