ethnology
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++eth·nol·o·gy /eθˈnɒlədʒi $ eθˈnɑː-/ noun [uncountable] SAthe scientific study and comparison of different races of people 人种学，民族学 → anthropology, sociology —ethnologist noun [countable] —ethnological /ˌeθnəˈlɒdʒɪkəl◂ $ -ˈlɑː-/ adjective —ethnologically /-kli/ adverb
Examples from the Corpus
ethnology• The link between cowries and eyes is documented by archaeology as well as ethnology.• One of the classic confrontations of nineteenth-century ethnology stemmed from this very circumstance.eth·nol·o·gy nounChineseSyllable
study of races people the scientific and of comparison Corpus different
ethnology
eth‧nol‧o‧gy /eθˈnɒlədʒi $ eθˈnɑː-/
noun [uncountable]
the scientific study and comparison of different races of people ⇨ anthropology, sociology
—ethnologist noun [countable]
—ethnological /ˌeθnəˈlɒdʒɪkəl◂ $ -ˈlɑː-/ adjective
—ethnologically /-kli/ adverb
eth‧nol‧o‧gy /eθˈnɒlədʒi $ eθˈnɑː-/
noun [uncountable]the scientific study and comparison of different races of people ⇨ anthropology, sociology
—ethnologist noun [countable]
—ethnological /ˌeθnəˈlɒdʒɪkəl◂ $ -ˈlɑː-/ adjective
—ethnologically /-kli/ adverb