Structured Summary
Abstract
The comparative and theoretical study of culture, often synonymous with cultural anthropology.
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Classification
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Used as a Subheading
Ethnology is also a MeSH subheading (qualifier Q000208), attached to other headings to focus them on this aspect:
Used with diseases for ethnic, cultural, or anthropological aspects, and with geographic headings to indicate the place of origin of a group of people.
- Qualifier ID
- Q000208
- Qualifier Tree
- Y09.010.010
Indexing annotation
subhead only; with disease & selected terms for "the place of origin of a group of people"; with geog terms for the place of origin; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.32; DF: /ethnol or /EH CATALOG: may be subdivided geographically
Subheading synonyms
- culture
- ethnicity
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Synonyms
4 entry terms
- Primitive Societies
- Primitive Society
- Societies, Primitive
- Society, Primitive
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Aspects Covered
12 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse with ETHOLOGY, the study of animal behavior; prefer /ethnol
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Ethnology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005007. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005007
- Ethnology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnology
- Ethnology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43455