Anthropologist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌæn.θɹoʊˈpɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Anthropologist is a noun meaning An expert in anthropology.
Meaning
An expert in anthropology.
Example Sentences
But again, this conflates global geographic variation with race, says Alan Goodman, a biological anthropologist at Hampshire College.
In traditional anthropology, somebody goes to another country, says: “How fascinating these people are! How interesting their tools and their culture are,” and then they write a paper, and maybe a few other anthropologists read it, and we think these cultures are very exotic.
In actual fact, it is hard to see how anyone could defend the prescriptive approach. In any other field of enquiry, it would be seen as patently absurd. What would we say of the social anthropologist who, instead of describing the way a given society is, sets about prescribing the way he thinks it ought to be? (We'd probably suggest he ought to give up Anthropology and take up Politics!) [...]
Word Forms
- anthropologists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include archaeologist, ethnologist, ethnographer, ethnoarchaeologist, paleoanthropologist, primatologist.
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