Definition of Ruth Benedict

1. Noun. United States anthropologist (1887-1948).

Exact synonyms: Benedict, Ruth Fulton
Generic synonyms: Anthropologist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruth Benedict

Russophobists
Russophone
Russophones
Russula
Russulaceae
Rust's disease
Rust's phenomenon
Rustbelt
Rusyn
Rusyns
Ruta
Ruta graveolens
Rutaceae
Rutgers
Ruth
Ruth Benedict (current term)
Ruth Fulton
Ruth Saint Denis
Ruth St. Denis
Ruthenia
Rutherford
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
Rutherford atom
Rutherfordian
Ruthian
Ruthlyn
Rutilus
Rutilus rutilus
Rutland

Literary usage of Ruth Benedict

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A New Guide to the Collections in the Library of the American Philosophical by J. Stephen Catlett (1987)
"Ruth Benedict Franz Boas Fay-Cooper Cole Fred Eggan Juan ... Correspondents include: Ernesto Balch Ralph Beals Ruth Benedict Mabel ..."

2. Henry Adams and His World by David R. Contosta, Robert Muccigrosso (1993)
"... defined by Ruth Benedict, "interested in human behavior, not as it is shaped by one tradition" but "interested in the great gamut of custom that is ..."

3. Henry Adams and His World: Transactions, APS by David R. Contosta (2008)
"As an editor Adams established himself as an example of the anthropological thinker defined by Ruth Benedict, "interested in human behavior, ..."

4. Yearbook by American Psychological Association (1892)
"Sub-Committee on a Handbook of Psychological Leads for Ethnological Field Workers: A. Irving Hallowell, Chairman; Ruth Benedict, AA Brill, John M. Cooper, ..."

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