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ethnography

[ eth-nog-ruh-fee ]

noun

  1. a branch of anthropology dealing with the scientific description of individual cultures.


ethnography

/ ˌɛθnəʊˈɡræfɪk; ɛθˈnɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

  1. the branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description of individual human societies


ethnography

/ ĕth-nŏgrə-fē /

  1. The branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description of specific human cultures.


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Derived Forms

  • ˌethnoˈgraphically, adverb
  • ethnographic, adjective
  • ˌethˈnographer, noun

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Other Words From

  • eth·nog·ra·pher noun
  • eth·no·graph·ic [eth-n, uh, -, graf, -ik], eth·no·graph·i·cal adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ethnography1

First recorded in 1825–35; ethno- + -graphy

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Example Sentences

For the contrast between nonstate and state societies, I used data from forensic archeology and from quantitative ethnography.

I charged myself especially with inquiring into the Indian history and languages, statistics, and general ethnography.

To the student of African ethnography this volume is a great disappointment in one respect.

Its intrinsic interest, consequently, as well as its bearing upon primitive geography and ethnography, warrants its presentation.

Such are the notices bearing upon the ethnography of the Cimbri.

It has its characteristics and special features; its own soil and its own folk; its own geography, ethnography, and climate.

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