n. The branch of anthropology that scientifically describes specific human cultures and societies.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. That branch of knowledge which has for its subject the characteristics of the human family, developing the details with which ethnology as a comparative science deals; descriptive ethnology. See ethnology.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
The scientific description and classification of the different races and nations of mankind. See extract under ethnology.
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n. the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies
Word Usage
"If "ethnography" is the only way by which literature and literary criticism can be incorporated into a college curriculum or into academic scholarship, best to leave them be."