Etymology

structural anthropology

Today it means: The study of human bodies; anatomy. Full definition →

First used 19th c.French anthropologie structurale
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  1. French · derived fromanthropologie structurale
  2. English todaystructural anthropology

From structural + anthropology, in later sense after French anthropologie structurale.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. The study of human bodies; anatomy.
  • from 20th c. 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.

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