-jē, -ji noun
( -es )
Etymology: ethno- + -logy
1. : a science that deals with the division of mankind into races, with their origin, distribution, and relations, and with the peculiarities that characterize them — see ethnogeny , ethnography
2. : cultural or social anthropology including the comparative and analytical study of cultures and excluding the subject matter of archaeology and physical anthropology
3. : the materials of ethnology
the ethnology of the American Indian