anthropology
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1. the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | social science, |
| definition | : | the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | archaeology, archeology, |
| definition | : | the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | ethnology, |
| definition | : | the branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins and distribution and distinctive characteristics (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | physical anthropology, |
| definition | : | the branch of anthropology dealing with the genesis and variation of human beings (noun.cognition) |
| part holonym | : | structural anthropology, structuralism, |
| definition | : | an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | ethos, |
| definition | : | (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era (noun.attribute) |
| domain member category | : | eidos, |
| definition | : | (anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group (noun.attribute) |
| domain member category | : | kinship system, |
| definition | : | (anthropology) 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 (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | affine, |
| definition | : | (anthropology) kin by marriage (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | affinity, |
| definition | : | (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship (noun.linkdef) |
| domain member category | : | primitive, |
| definition | : | used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | endogamic, endogamous, |
| definition | : | pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | exogamic, exogamous, |
| definition | : | pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | outbred, |
| definition | : | bred of parents not closely related; having parents of different classes or tribes (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | affinal, affine, |
| definition | : | (anthropology) related by marriage (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | mongoloid, |
| definition | : | of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | anthropologist, |
| definition | : | a social scientist who specializes in anthropology (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | anthropological, |
| definition | : | of or concerned with the science of anthropology (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | anthropologist, |
| definition | : | a social scientist who specializes in anthropology (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | anthropological, |
| definition | : | of or concerned with the science of anthropology (adj.pert) |
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