ethnoscience

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noun

The scientific study of different cultures' systems of knowledge, such as their folk classifications.

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Meanings

nounethnoscience (countable and uncountable, plural ethnosciences)

plural ethnosciences

  1. countableuncountableThe scientific study of different cultures' systems of knowledge, such as their folk classifications.

Origin

From ethno- + science.

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Translations

Italian etnoscienza
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Cite this entry
APA

ethnoscience. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnoscience

MLA

“ethnoscience.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnoscience. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ethnoscience,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnoscience.

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