ethnographical
rə noun
a branch of anthropology dealing with the scientific description of individual cultures.
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ethnography (ɛθˈnɒɡrəfɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| the branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description of individual human societies | |
| eth'nographer | |
| —n | |
| ethnographic | |
| —adj | |
| ethno'graphical | |
| —adj | |
| ethno'graphically | |
| —adv | |
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| ethnography (ɛθˈnɒɡrəfɪ) | |
| —n | |
| the branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description of individual human societies | |
| eth'nographer | |
| —n | |
| ethnographic | |
| —adj | |
| ethno'graphical | |
| —adj | |
| ethno'graphically | |
| —adv | |
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ethnography
from ethno- + -graphy "the study of." Related: Ethnographer; ethnographic.
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ethnography  (ěth-nŏg'rə-fē) Pronunciation Key
The branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description of specific human cultures. |
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