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ETHNOLOGY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ethnology" is a kind of...):
anthropology (the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings)
Derivation:
ethnologic; ethnological (of or relating to ethnology)
ethnologist (an anthropologist who studies ethnology)
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