Raciology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The scientific study of human race. countable, dated, uncountable
  2. 2
    The racial makeup of a person or place. countable, dated, uncountable

Etymology

From racio- + -logy, apparently as a calque of German Rassenkunde. Related to French raciologie. First attested in 1924.

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scientific racism

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