Ethnography
[eth-nog-ruh-fee] /ɛθˈnɒg rə fi/
noun
1.
a branch of anthropology dealing with the scientific description of individual cultures.
/ɛθˈnɒɡrəfɪ/
noun
1.
the branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description of individual human societies
n.
1834, perhaps from German Ethnographie; see ethno- + -graphy “the study of.” Related: Ethnographer; ethnographic.
ethnography
(ěth-nŏg’rə-fē)
The branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description of specific human cultures.
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- Ethnohistorian
[eth-noh-his-tuh-ree] /ˌɛθ noʊˈhɪs tə ri/ noun 1. a branch of anthropology dealing with the development of cultures, as through the analysis of archaeological findings.
- Ethnohistory
[eth-noh-his-tuh-ree] /ˌɛθ noʊˈhɪs tə ri/ noun 1. a branch of anthropology dealing with the development of cultures, as through the analysis of archaeological findings.
- Ethnol.
1. . 2. . ethnologist
- Ethnolinguistic
[eth-noh-ling-gwis-tiks] /ˌɛθ noʊ lɪŋˈgwɪs tɪks/ noun, (used with a singular verb) 1. the study of language as an aspect or part of culture, especially the study of the influence of language on culture and of culture on language.