anthropological

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English

Etymology

From anthropology +‎ -ical.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /æn.θɹə.pə.ˈlɑd͡ʒikəl/
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Adjective

anthropological (comparative more anthropological, superlative most anthropological)

  1. Relating to anthropology.
    • 1986 August 23, Michael Bronski, “Note This!”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 6, page 15:
      Much of the film is a detached, almost anthropological, look at the lives of the women and men, both white and of color, who live in the slums and housing projects outside of Paris.
    • 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 21 June 2017, page 162:
      He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.

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