Anthropology is the study of human beings, everywhere and throughout time.
anthropology (noun)
the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
Hypernyms
- social science
the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society
- social science
Meronyms
- structuralism, structural anthropology
an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena
- structuralism, structural anthropology
Derivationally Related Forms
- anthropologist
a social scientist who specializes in anthropology - anthropological
of or concerned with the science of anthropology
- anthropologist
Member of Domain
- primitive
used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies - endogamous, endogamic
pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe - exogamous, exogamic
pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe - outbred
bred of parents not closely related - affinal, affine
related by marriage - Mongoloid
of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia - ethos
the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era - eidos
the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group - kinship system
the system of social relationships that constitute kinship in a particular culture, including the terminology that is used and the reciprocal obligations that are entailed - affine
kin by marriage - kinship, family relationship, relationship
relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption - affinity
kinship by marriage or adoption - consanguinity, blood kinship, cognation
related by blood
- primitive
Related To
- archeology, archaeology
the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures - ethnography, descriptive anthropology
the branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies - ethnology
the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics - physical anthropology
the branch of anthropology dealing with the genesis and variation of human beings - social anthropology, cultural anthropology
the branch of anthropology that deals with human culture and society
- archeology, archaeology
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Franz Boas was a German-American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology" . Like many such pioneers, he trained in other disciplines; he received his doctorate in physics, and did post-doctoral work in geography.
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