Ethnographic

adj

adj ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to ethnography. not-comparable

    "Among anthropologists old ethnographic descriptions and travelbooks have a bad reputation. With the exception of ethnohistorians, anthropologists make little use of these sources for ethnographic research because of their reputed lack of reliability."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to ethnography wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
ethnographicalethnographicalethnographical

Example

More examples

"Among anthropologists old ethnographic descriptions and travelbooks have a bad reputation. With the exception of ethnohistorians, anthropologists make little use of these sources for ethnographic research because of their reputed lack of reliability."

Etymology

From ethnography + -ic.

Related phrases

ethnographic present

More for "ethnographic"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.