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anthropologist

anthropologist

64 5.9
A person who studies human societies and cultures, often by living with the people they study
  • noun
  • /ˌænθrəˈpɑlədʒɪst/
translation icon : antropólogo
  • The great anthropologist and philosopher Wade Davis said despair is a failure of the imagination.
  • anthropologists study
  • cultural anthropologist
  • physical anthropologist

OK, and that title is forensic anthropologist.

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Examples

  • They hired the best anthropologists from the best universities in the U.S.

  • In their book Basic Colour Terms, anthropologists Brent Berlin and Paul Kay claim that words for colour translate very easily between different languages.

  • Here you are pushing yourself to be the greatest anthropologist of all times.

  • "This anthropologist wrote Patterns of Culture."

  • So the anthropologist Richard Schwader gives a list here of human differences.

  • He's a cultural anthropologist and this is what he argued.

  • I've got three articles by the anthropologist who wrote this book.

  • My name is James Susman, I'm an anthropologist and the title of my latest book is called Work Deep History.

  • The study of the Copper Age in Europe is synonymous with one woman, anthropologist Marija Gimbutas.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Loretta, who is socially active in the church, is an anthropologist specializing in African culture.

Synonyms

ethnographer
vsanthropologist
  • Specialized
2 8.6

A person who studies people's lives and customs by living with and watching them

is the general scholar who studies societies beyond only field description
cultural anthropologist
vsanthropologist
2 7.5

A person who studies people's beliefs, customs, and daily life in different societies

is the broader expert studying societies and their development beyond just culture
anthro
vsanthropologist
  • Informal
1 8.7

An informal short word for the study of people or the person who studies them

is the formal title for a person who studies societies and cultures
ethnologist
vsanthropologist
  • Specialized
1 8.9

A scientist who studies human cultures, how people live, and how cultures change

is the general expert who studies societies and cultures broadly
social anthropologist
vsanthropologist
1 6.9

A person who studies how people live and behave in families and communities

is the wider expert who also studies cultural change and development
ethnohistorian
vsanthropologist
  • Specialized
9.9

A researcher who studies a group's history and culture using records and interviews

is the general scholar of societies rather than a historical specialist

Compounds

A person who studies people's beliefs, customs, and daily life in different societies

A person who studies how people live and behave in families and communities

How Expert

anthropologist
64 5.9
fieldworker
  • Specialized
1 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

anthropologist = anthropology (transparent) = anthropology + ist

Standard agentive derivation: 'anthropology' (study of humans) + '-ist' yields 'a person who studies anthropology'.

Etymology

The word anthropologist comes from two parts, anthro- meaning 'human', as in anthropology, and -logist related to -logy meaning 'study', as in biology. So an anthropologist is a person who studies people, their cultures, and how they live.