ethnology
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Anthropologyethnologyeth‧nol‧o‧gy /eθˈnɒlədʒi $ eθˈnɑː-/ noun [uncountable] SAthe scientific study and comparison of different races of people → anthropology, sociology —ethnologist noun [countable] —ethnological /ˌeθnəˈlɒdʒɪkəl◂ $ -ˈlɑː-/ adjective —ethnologically /-kli/ adverbExamples from the Corpusethnology• The link between cowries and eyes is documented by archaeology as well as ethnology.• One of the classic confrontations of nineteenth-century ethnology stemmed from this very circumstance.