raciology
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From racio- + -logy, apparently as a calque of German Rassenkunde. Related to French raciologie. First attested in 1924.
Noun
[edit]raciology (countable and uncountable, plural raciologies)
- (dated) The scientific study of human race.
- (dated) The racial makeup of a person or place.
Further reading
[edit]- “raciology, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - “raciology”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
