ethnologist

1.名詞C1

釋義

A scientist who compares and analyses the customs, social organisations, beliefs, and daily life of different human communities around the world.

例句

Kasia, an ethnologist, lived with farmers in northern Thailand to study their harvest festivals.

ethnologist + lived with [community] to study [custom]

Darius compared the wedding traditions of five groups living in the same valley.

同義詞

anthropologist
broader field — anthropologists study all aspects of human life including biology, language, and archaeology, while ethnologists focus specifically on comparing cultural groups
ethnographer
more specific — ethnographers collect data by living with a community (fieldwork), while ethnologists also compare findings across multiple groups
cultural researcher
less formal, everyday alternative

ethnologist + studies / examines / researches / documents

This is a formal, academic term. In everyday conversation, people are more likely to say 'someone who studies different cultures'.

❌An ethnologist treats patients with mental illness.

✅A psychologist treats patients with mental illness. An ethnologist studies human cultures and societies.

💡'ethnologist' is often confused with 'psychologist' or 'anthropologist' because all three study aspects of human life.

ethnologist — noun