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Definition of Ethnology

1. Noun. The branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics.

Definition of Ethnology

1. n. The science which treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities which characterize them.

Definition of Ethnology

1. Noun. (anthropology) The branch of anthropology that studies and compares the different human cultures. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ethnology

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Medical Definition of Ethnology

1. The science which treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities which characterise them. Origin: Gr. Nation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Ethnology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1896)
"ethnology. AH KEANE, FRGS Cambridge Geographical Series. ... If we accept this contracted field of ethnology, Mr. Keane's work is, ..."

2. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1918)
"Anthropology and ethnology are among the sciences that are affected adversely by war ... Dr. Truman Michel- son of the Bureau of American ethnology has been ..."

3. The Literature of American History: A Bibliographical Guide, in which the by Josephus Nelson Larned, American Library Association (1902)
"ethnology of British Columbia. Brit. Assn. 1890, p. 653. ... Tylor, EB Canadian ethnology. Presidential address. Brit. Assn. 1886, p. 899. ..."

4. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States by Henry Gannett (1905)
"Indian Linguistic Families of America North of Mexico, by JW Powell; Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of American ethnology, pp. 1-142. ..."

5. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1895)
"ethnology of the Ungava District. Hudson Bay Territory. ... Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian ..."

6. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1874)
"There appears to be a general movement among students of ethnology toward ... The former is that of the " Leip- sic Museum of ethnology," whose aim is to ..."

7. American Book Prices Current (1913)
"Annual Reports of the Bureau of ethnology. Washington, 1881, etc. 8vo. ist to 25th (lacking loth to ..."

8. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"WILLIAM H. HOLMES, director of Bureau of American ethnology, Washington, DC For obtaining evidence relative to the history of early man in America. $2000. ..."

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