ethnography
/ɛθˈnɑɡɹəfi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The branch of anthropology that scientifically describes specific human cultures and societies.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "By the end of the century, the APS’s membership included the leaders of the American anthropological establishment, whose primary investigative interests were the ethnography, linguistics, archeology, and physical anthropology of the American Indian, within a theoretical structure that was essentially historical."
- "As intellectuals read the written text, compile ethnographies, tour the non-Western terrain, and make art out of the charred remnants of these quests, we always run the risk of fortifying the old culture with neomythologies that continue to invade the private space of others."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁- Proto-Hellenic *séswōtʰa Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Ancient Greek -νος (-nos) ? Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos)der. English ethno- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English ethnography From ethno- + -graphy.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɛθˈnɑɡɹəfi/
- British English: /ɛθˈnɒɡɹəfi/