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noun
The scientific study of human race.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
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noun
The racial makeup of a person or place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
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History
From racio- + -logy, apparently as a calque of German Rassenkunde. Related to French raciologie. First attested in 1924.
