raciology

English

Etymology

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

Noun

raciology (countable and uncountable, plural raciologies)

  1. (dated) The scientific study of human race.
  2. (dated) The racial makeup of a person or place.

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