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ethnic category
ethnic cleansing
ethnic minority
ethnicity
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ethnobotany
ethnocentrism
ethnogenesis
ethnography
ethnohistory
ethnolinguistics
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ethnography
ethnography [ eth nóggrəfi ]


noun 
Definition:
 
description of an ethnic group: a branch of anthropology concerned with the description of ethnic groups

ethnographer noun
ethnographic [ éthnə gráffik ] adjective
ethnographically adverb
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