Anthropology Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, Anthropology Information and Meaning
See also MANKIND; RACE
- cultural anthropology
- a specialty that studies the creative achievements of societies, especially those passed on through later generations. Also called culturology.
- dendranthropology
- the theory and work based on the theory that trees were involved in the origin of man. —dendranthropologic, dendranthropological, adj.
- ethnocentricity
- ethnocentrism. —ethnocentric, adj.
- ethnocentrism
- the belief in the superiority of one’s own group or culture. Also ethnocentricity. —ethnocentric, adj.
- ethnodicy Rare.
- the branch of ethnology that studies comparative legal systems.
- ethnogeny
- the study of the origin of distinctive groups or tribes. —ethnogenist, n. —ethnogenic, adj.
- ethnography
- the branch of anthropology that studies and describes the individual cultures of mankind. —ethnographer, n. —ethnographic, ethnographical, adj.
- ethnology
- the study, often comparative, of the origins and development of the races of mankind. —ethnologist, n. —ethnologic, ethnological, adj.
- ethography
- the description of moral and ethical systems. —ethnographer, n. —ethnographic, ethnographical, adj.
- hybridism, hybridity
- the blending of diverse cultures or traditions.
- isthmian
- a person who is a native or inhabitant of an isthmus. —isthmian, adj.
- lacustrian
- a lake-dweller.
- Leiotrichi
- people with smooth hair; a division of mankind characterized by people with such hair. Cf. Ulotrichi. —Leiotrichan, adj.
- matrilocality
- the state or custom of residing with the family or tribe of the wife, as in certain primitive societies. Cf. patrilocality. —matrilocal, adj.
- patrilocality
- the state or custom of residing with the family or tribe of the husband, as in certain primitive societies. Cf. matrilocality. —patrilocal, adj.
- phratry
- 1. a subdivision of an ancient Greek tribe or phyle.
- 2. a clan or other unit of a primitive tribe.
- physical anthropology
- the branch of anthropology that studies, describes, and interprets the evolutionary changes in man’s bodily structure and the classification of modern races. Cf. cultural anthropology. Also called somatology
- social anthropology
- the branch of anthropology that studies human societies, emphasizing interpersonal and intergroup relations.
- somatology
- physical anthropology.
- synecdochism
- the belief that a part of a person or object can act in place of the whole and thus that anything done to the part will equally affect the whole.
- Ulotrichi
- people with woolly, tightly curled, or crisp hair; a division of mankind characterized by people with such hair. —Ulotrichous, adj.