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ethnomathematics

ethnomathematics noun: the study of the interrelationship between mathematics and culture.

Noun

ethnomathematics (uncountable)

  1. The study of the interrelationship between mathematics and culture.

Origin of ethnomathematics

From ethno- + mathematics, coined in 1977 by Brazilian mathematician Ubiratan D'Ambrosio.

Words formed from ethnomathematics

Questions about ethnomathematics

What does ethnomathematics mean?
Ethnomathematics means the study of the interrelationship between mathematics and culture.
What part of speech is ethnomathematics?
Ethnomathematics is a noun.

Words near ethnomathematics in the dictionary

  1. ethnomasochistic
  2. ethnomathematical
  3. ethnomathematically
  4. ethnomathematician
  5. ethnomathematicians
  6. ethnomathematics
  7. ethnomedical
  8. ethnomedically
  9. ethnomedicinal
  10. ethnomedicinally
  11. ethnomedicine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ethnomathematics (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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