cultural anthropology
noun
: anthropology that deals with human culture especially with respect to social structure, language, law, politics, religion, magic, art, and technology compare physical anthropology
cultural anthropologist
noun
Examples of cultural anthropology in a Sentence
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The Field Museum’s new exhibit skips myths and misconceptions in favor of a rich cultural anthropology case study.
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Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2014
But this represents another progressive step for the low-key museum, which specializes in cultural anthropology.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023
But to squeeze a diverse set of practices that span cultural anthropology, paleobotany, and theoretical physics into a handful of steps is an inevitable distortion and, to be blunt, displays a serious poverty of imagination.
—Daniel P. Thurs, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2015
But that’s the cultural anthropology.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Aug. 2010
Her extensive background in cultural anthropology and global health informed the essence of her high-quality candles, carefully crafted to burn evenly with no residue.
—Meghan Mahar, Billboard, 3 Mar. 2023
His quest for a scientific cultural anthropology is a difficult one, a herculean task.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2013
In fact, they're affiliated with a group which attempts to introduce more precise formalism into cultural anthropology, presumably to sketch out more robustly the general patterns which do occur in human societies.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2013
Obviously these problems are also rife in cultural anthropology.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2013
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Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2014
But this represents another progressive step for the low-key museum, which specializes in cultural anthropology.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023
But to squeeze a diverse set of practices that span cultural anthropology, paleobotany, and theoretical physics into a handful of steps is an inevitable distortion and, to be blunt, displays a serious poverty of imagination.
—Daniel P. Thurs, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2015
But that’s the cultural anthropology.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Aug. 2010
Her extensive background in cultural anthropology and global health informed the essence of her high-quality candles, carefully crafted to burn evenly with no residue.
—Meghan Mahar, Billboard, 3 Mar. 2023
His quest for a scientific cultural anthropology is a difficult one, a herculean task.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2013
In fact, they're affiliated with a group which attempts to introduce more precise formalism into cultural anthropology, presumably to sketch out more robustly the general patterns which do occur in human societies.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2013
Obviously these problems are also rife in cultural anthropology.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2013
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1878, in the meaning defined above
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cultural anthropology
noun
: anthropology that deals with human culture especially with respect to social structure, language, law, politics, religion, magic, art, and technology compare physical anthropology
cultural anthropologist
noun
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