ETHNOLOGY - Definition

Pronunciation:		eth'nâlujee
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics

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	See Also:	anthropology

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Ethnol"ogy\n. [Gr. ? nation + -logy.] The science which treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities which characterize them.

Glossary

	Definition:	a subset of cultural anthropology concerned with the comparative study of contemporary cultures, with a view to deriving general principles about human society.