English > anthropology: 1 sense > noun 1, cognitionMeaning | The social science that studies the origins / origins and social relationships of human beings. |
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Category of | Mongoloid | Of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia |
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affinal, affine | (anthropology) related by marriage |
affine | (anthropology) kin by marriage |
affinity | (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption |
consanguinity, blood kinship, cognation | (anthropology) related by blood |
eidos | (anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group |
endogamous, endogamic | pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe |
ethos | (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era |
exogamous, exogamic | pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only outside the limits of a clan or tribe |
kinship, family relationship, relationship | (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption |
kinship system | (anthropology) the system of social relationships that constitute kinship in a particular culture, including the terminology that is used and the reciprocal obligations that are entailed |
outbred | Bred of parents not closely related |
primitive | Used of preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial societies |
Parts | structuralism, structural anthropology | An anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena |
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Narrower | archeology, archaeology | The branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures |
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ethnography, descriptive anthropology | The branch of anthropology that provides scientific description of individual human societies |
ethnology | The branch of anthropology that deals with the division of humankind into races and with their origins / origins and distribution and distinctive / distinctive characteristics / characteristics |
physical anthropology | The branch of anthropology dealing with the genesis and variation of human beings |
social anthropology, cultural anthropology | The branch of anthropology that deals with human culture and society |
Broader | social science | The branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society |
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Spanish | antropología |
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Catalan | antropologia |
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Adjectives | anthropological | of or concerned with the science of anthropology |
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Nouns | anthropologist | a social scientist who specializes in anthropology |
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