ethnology
nounUK /eθˈnɒlədʒi/
US /eθˈnɑːlədʒi/
The study of different groups of people and how they live.
She studied ethnology to learn about the traditions of people around the world.
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2. The branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationships between them.
His research in ethnology focused on kinship systems across several indigenous communities.
3. A scholarly account or analysis of a particular people or culture.
The journal published an ethnology of the coastal fishing villages.
4. The study of human races and their origins and distribution, especially in older usage.
Nineteenth-century ethnology often reflected the biases of its era.