structural anthropology

noun

The study of human bodies; anatomy.

Similar
structuralism
OriginFrench anthropologie structurale →
First used 19th c.
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Meanings

nounstructural anthropology (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountableThe study of human bodies; anatomy.First known use 19th c.
  2. uncountableThe 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.First known use 20th c.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena

Similar
structuralism
Broader
theory
Also see
structuralism

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchanthropologie structurale
  2. Englishstructural anthropology

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

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MLA

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Chicago

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