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Meaning of ETHNOGRAPHY

Pronunciation:  eth'nâgrufee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies
 
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 Synonyms: descriptive anthropology
 
 See Also: anthropology

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Eth*nog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. ? nation + -graphy: cf. F.
ethnographie.]
That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the
characteristics of the human family, developing the details
with which ethnology as a comparative science deals;
descriptive ethnology. See {Ethnology}.
 
Glossary
 
 Definition: that aspect of cultural anthropology concerned with the descriptive documentation of living cultures.
 

 

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