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eth·nog·ra·phy

(ĕth-nŏg′rə-fē)

1. The branch of anthropology that deals with the description of specific human cultures, using methods such as close observation and interviews.

2. A text produced using such methods.

eth·nog′ra·pher n.

eth′no·graph′ic (ĕth′nə-grăf′ĭk), eth′no·graph′i·cal adj.

eth′no·graph′i·cal·ly adv.

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ethnography

(ɛθˈnɒɡrəfɪ)

(Anthropology & Ethnology) the branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description of individual human societies

ˌethˈnographer n

ethnographic, ˌethnoˈgraphical adj

ˌethnoˈgraphically adv

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eth•nog•ra•phy

(ɛθˈnɒg rə fi)

n.

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

[1825–35]

eth•nog′ra•pher, n.

eth`no•graph′ic (-nəˈgræf ɪk) eth`no•graph′i•cal, adj.

eth`no•graph′i•cal•ly, adv.

ethnography

a branch of anthropology that studies and describes individual human cultures. — ethnographer, n. — ethnographic, ethnographical, adj.

ethnography

A branch of anthropology which gives a descriptive account of the way of life in a particular society usually as the result of an in-depth study through personal contact.

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Noun 1. ethnography - the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies

descriptive anthropology

anthropology - the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings

Translations

etnografie

ethnographie

néprajz

etnografia

民俗誌民俗誌学

ethnography

[eθˈnɒgrəfɪ] N → etnografía f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

ethnography

[ɛθˈnɒgrəfi] n → ethnographie f

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ethnography

n → (beschreibende) Völkerkunde, Ethnografie f

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ethnography

[ɛθˈnɒgrəfɪ] n → etnografia

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