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ethnography

n. the descriptive study of cultures or societies based on direct observation (see field research) and (ideally) some degree of participation. Compare ethnology. See also emic. —ethnographer n. —ethnographic adj.

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sharpening

n. a phenomenon in which some details of a memory become more sharply defined and accentuated—and possibly exaggerated—over time in comparison to the original experience.