structural anthropology
The study of social structures in human communitiesThe study of social structures in human communities; the study of human society according to the theories of structuralism, especially associated with French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The study of social structures in human communities; the study of human society according to the theories of structuralism, especially associated with French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss.
(archaic, uncountable)The study of human bodies; anatomy.
More definitions
- an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena
Origin
From structural + anthropology, in later sense after French anthropologie structurale.From structural + anthropology, in later sense after French anthropologie structurale.
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Synonyms
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- an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena:structuralism
Lessons for this word
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