Definition of Cultural anthropology

1. Noun. The branch of anthropology that deals with human culture and society.

Exact synonyms: Social Anthropology
Generic synonyms: Anthropology
Specialized synonyms: Garbology, Mythology, Ritualism
Derivative terms: Cultural Anthropologist, Social Anthropologist

Medical Definition of Cultural anthropology

1. Study of all aspects of culture resulting from human behaviour, including, among others, speech and language, systems of thought, social systems, and the artifacts produced by a culture. (05 Mar 2000)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cultural Anthropology

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Literary usage of Cultural anthropology

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1. Sociology in Its Psychological Aspects by Charles Abram Ellwood (1912)
"cultural anthropology and ethnography are even more dependent upon sociology for the proper interpretation of their facts than sociology is dependent upon ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Case Studies in cultural anthropology. Introduction to Physical Geography. Arthur N. Strahler. Wiley, New York, ed. 2, 1970. x + pp. + plates. $9.95. ..."

3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1908)
"... physiology, pathology, and all the phenomena of his physical being. The second is called cultural anthropology, which embraces the vast range ..."

4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1911)
"... Retzius, Grattan, Virchow, Beddoe, etc., and so on through the subject. The second part discusses cultural anthropology, including ethnology, ..."

5. Progress and History by Francis Sydney Marvin (1916)
"Anthropology is the joint work of two departments, which are known as Physical Anthropology and cultural anthropology respectively. The former, we may say, ..."

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