anthropological
16
7.3
- adjective
- /ˌænθrəpəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/
- Specialized
:
antropológico
- I limp around the edge of the crowd until I find Sergio, who is recording his own anthropological observations.
- anthropological study
- anthropological literature
- anthropological research
He was going to use this environment to depict the the human species in anthropological terms.
- He was going to use this environment to depict the the human species in anthropological terms.
- This one's going to be a humanities based one that looks at some of the cultural and anthropological and societal issues around UAP, which are many.
- And there's something about our moment, almost at the anthropological scale that has delivered this to us.
Examples
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If we look at that from anthropological perspective, we see that human beings started out, as I said, nomadic, and they just kept growing things.
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Questions concerning the foundations of anthropological knowledge are the focus of major theoretical debate.
Academic text (1991) -
I met Jose in Boston at an anthropological meeting.
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A preliminary version of this paper was presented at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Chicago, 1987.
Academic text (1990) -
Conclusion: Jewish Identities and the Anthropological Study of the Past
Academic text (1999) -
It was his last anthropological expedition.
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[Woman] I discovered this community four years ago when I began an anthropological study of aging in an ethnic group.
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Melanesia continues to inspire anthropological inquiry of meaning, thought, and action.
Academic text (1990) -
The figures are depicted with anthropological attention to details of body decoration, regalia, hairstyle, and ornamentation.
Academic text (1999) -
The anthropological studies revealed fascinating insights about ancient civilizations.
Synonyms
5
7.9
Relating to studies that describe people and their cultures
1
9.5
About the study of different groups of people and their cultures
About studying different groups of people and how they live
Relating to the study of people and their cultures
How Anthropological
528
2.1
- Specialized
16
7.3
592
3.3
7
8.1
10
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
anthropological = anthropology (transparent) = anthropology + ical
Standard adjectival formation from the noun 'anthropology' using the productive suffix '-ical', so the meaning is predictable from the base.
Etymology
The word anthropological comes from the Greek word anthropos, which means 'human' and is the same root as anthropology, the study of people and their cultures. So, something anthropological is about humans, their societies, and their customs.