ethnographicadj.

Brit.

/ˌɛθnəˈɡrafɪk/, U.S.

/ˌɛθnəˈɡræfɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: ethno- comb. form, -graphic comb. form.

Etymology: < ethno- comb. form + -graphic comb. form, perhaps after German ethnographisch (1799 or earlier). Compare French ethnographique (1816). Compare slightly earlier ethnographical adj. and later ethnography n.

Social Sciences.

Of or relating to the systematic study and description of peoples, societies, and cultures. Also (loosely): relating to social and cultural anthropology, ethnological; ethnic.

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the world > people > ethnicities > race > ethnoscience > [adjective]

ethnographical1800

ethnographic1805

ethnological1822

ethnical1826

ethnologic1843

1805 Monthly Mag. Suppl. No., 28 Jan. 642/1 The author has adopted the ethnographic scientific arrangement.

1836 N. Wiseman 12 Lect. Sci. & Relig. II. vii. 46 The members of the same ethnographic family.

1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. III. xxvi. 87 The ethnographic document called El Auto de Figueroa, is one of the most curious records of the barbarism of the first conquistadores.

1892 Pop. Sci. Monthly May 56 Dr. Serrurier, the director of the museum, classifies ethnographic objects into twelve groups—such as relate to—(1) Food, Drink, etc.; (2) Clothing; [etc.].

1925 P. Vinogradoff Custom & Right iii. 42 The hypothesis that the people of the Germanic stock when they became known as a distinct ethnographic group still preserved features of the matrilineal arrangement in their life.

1948 G. Hernandez de Alba in Handbk. S. Amer. Indians IV. ii. 400 Other tribes in the area are little known culturally and linguistically, and remain ethnographic riddles.

1991 Japan Forum 3 204 Thusnelda Wang (now Nelly Naumann)..produced an outstanding piece of research on Japanese mythology using a comparative ethnographic method.

2011 Daily Tel. 19 July 27/1 Soon after that coup de théâtre they [sc. Jake and Dinos Chapman] came up with their glorious send-up of ethnographic art.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ethnographic
释义	ethnographicadj. Brit. /ˌɛθnəˈɡrafɪk/, U.S. /ˌɛθnəˈɡræfɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: ethno- comb. form, -graphic comb. form. Etymology: < ethno- comb. form + -graphic comb. form, perhaps after German ethnographisch (1799 or earlier). Compare French ethnographique (1816). Compare slightly earlier ethnographical adj. and later ethnography n. Social Sciences. Of or relating to the systematic study and description of peoples, societies, and cultures. Also (loosely): relating to social and cultural anthropology, ethnological; ethnic. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > race > ethnoscience > [adjective] ethnographical1800 ethnographic1805 ethnological1822 ethnical1826 ethnologic1843 1805 Monthly Mag. Suppl. No., 28 Jan. 642/1 The author has adopted the ethnographic scientific arrangement. 1836 N. Wiseman 12 Lect. Sci. & Relig. II. vii. 46 The members of the same ethnographic family. 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. III. xxvi. 87 The ethnographic document called El Auto de Figueroa, is one of the most curious records of the barbarism of the first conquistadores. 1892 Pop. Sci. Monthly May 56 Dr. Serrurier, the director of the museum, classifies ethnographic objects into twelve groups—such as relate to—(1) Food, Drink, etc.; (2) Clothing; [etc.]. 1925 P. Vinogradoff Custom & Right iii. 42 The hypothesis that the people of the Germanic stock when they became known as a distinct ethnographic group still preserved features of the matrilineal arrangement in their life. 1948 G. Hernandez de Alba in Handbk. S. Amer. Indians IV. ii. 400 Other tribes in the area are little known culturally and linguistically, and remain ethnographic riddles. 1991 Japan Forum 3 204 Thusnelda Wang (now Nelly Naumann)..produced an outstanding piece of research on Japanese mythology using a comparative ethnographic method. 2011 Daily Tel. 19 July 27/1 Soon after that coup de théâtre they [sc. Jake and Dinos Chapman] came up with their glorious send-up of ethnographic art. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1805
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