Definitions for "ETHNOLOGY"
a subset of cultural anthropology concerned with the comparative study of contemporary cultures, with a view to deriving general principles about human society.
The study of the cultural groupings of humankind, e.g. origins, history, speech, etc.
A branch of anthropology that deals with the origin, distribution and distinguishing characteristics of the race of mankind.
The science that treats of the various tribes of Man, as robbers, thieves, swindlers, dunces, lunatics, idiots and ethnologists.
The science which treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities which characterize them.
A science that concer n itself with the division of human beings into races and their origin, distribution, relations, and characteristics.