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

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche