Associations to the word «Ethnology»

Wiktionary

ETHNOLOGY, noun. (anthropology) The branch of anthropology that studies and compares the different human cultures.

Dictionary definition

ETHNOLOGY, noun. The branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.