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# ethnology

«ethnology» in Mova's school dictionary: **the study of different peoples, their customs, beliefs…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

Ethnology is the study of different peoples, their customs, beliefs and stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethnology/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old books, a subject that collects the folk tales and customs of peoples; a bureau is an office that does this kind of study

### examples

- The collection came from the Bureau of Ethnology. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethnology/#x1)
- Ethnology looks at how peoples live and what stories they tell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethnology/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ethnology» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ethnology/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.