etho-, eth-, ethi-

1. A reference to a social group who share cultural bonds (religious, national, etc.) or physical (racial) characteristics.
2. Designating the physical and cultural traits that distinguish members of one society or larger human group from members of other such groups.
3. Relating to physical and mental traits possessed by members of group; such as, a product of their common heredity and cultural tradition; peculiar to a race or nation.
4. From Late Latin (ecclesiastic) ethnic(us), "pagan", from Greek ethnikos, "peculiar to a nation", in Low Greek (ecclesiastic), "gentile, heathen", from Greek ethn(os), "a nation, a people".

The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own ethnic culture.

1. The scientific description of nations or races of men, with their customs, habits, and points of difference.
2. The description and classification of human racial groups.
3. The descriptive study of ethnic groups or of a particular ethnic group.
4. An anthropological description of a particular community or society.
5. The comprehensive, descriptive study of a particular culture, usually the result of observation and in-depth interviews with key informants during fieldwork.

Data are gathered by direct observation during a period of residence with the group.

1. A pictorial catalog of the behavioral patterns of an organism or a species.
2. A pictorial inventory of the repertoire of behavior patterns shown by the members of a species.

1. The description of the morals and characteristics of mankind.
2. A pictorial inventory of the repertoire of behavior patterns shown by the members of a species.

1. The study of the behavior of animals in their natural habitat, usually proposing evolutionary explanations.
2. The study of human character.

The study of human behavior, especially aggressive and submissive behavior in social contexts.