ethnology

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

ethnology
    n 1: the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of
         humankind into races and with their origins and
         distribution and distinctive characteristics

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ethnology \Eth*nol"o*gy\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. Ethologic

from The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)

ETHNOLOGY, n.  The science that treats of the various tribes of Man,
as robbers, thieves, swindlers, dunces, lunatics, idiots and
ethnologists.

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