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17. Anthropology

cultural anthropology: a specialty that studies the creative achievements of societies, especially those passed on through later generations. Also called culturology .
dendranthropology: the theory and work based on the theory that trees were involved in the origin of man. —dendranthropologic, dendranthropological, adj.
ethnocentricity: ethnocentrism. —ethnocentric, adj.
ethnocentrism: the belief in the superiority of one’s own group or culture. Also ethnocentricity . —ethnocentric, adj.
ethnodicy Rare.: the branch of ethnology that studies comparative legal systems.
ethnogeny: the study of the origin of distinctive groups or tribes. —ethnogenist, n. —ethnogenic, adj.
ethnography: the branch of anthropology that studies and describes the individual cultures of mankind. —ethnographer, n. —ethnographic, ethnographical, adj.
ethnology: the study, often comparative, of the origins and development of the races of mankind. —ethnologist, n. —ethnologic, ethnological, adj.
ethography: the description of moral and ethical systems. —ethnographer, n. —ethnographic, ethnographical, adj.
hybridism, hybridity: the blending of diverse cultures or traditions.
isthmian: a person who is a native or inhabitant of an isthmus. —isthmian, adj.
lacustrian: a lake-dweller.
Leiotrichi: people with smooth hair; a division of mankind characterized by people with such hair. Cf. Ulotrichi . —Leiotrichan, adj.
matrilocality: the state or custom of residing with the family or tribe of the wife, as in certain primitive societies. Cf. patrilocality . —matrilocal, adj.
patrilocality: the state or custom of residing with the family or tribe of the husband, as in certain primitive societies. Cf. matrilocality . —patrilocal, adj.
phratry: 1. a subdivision of an ancient Greek tribe or phyle.; 2. a clan or other unit of a primitive tribe.
physical anthropology: the branch of anthropology that studies, describes, and interprets the evolutionary changes in man’s bodily structure and the classification of modern races. Cf. cultural anthropology . Also called somatology
social anthropology: the branch of anthropology that studies human societies, emphasizing interpersonal and intergroup relations.
somatology: physical anthropology.
synecdochism: the belief that a part of a person or object can act in place of the whole and thus that anything done to the part will equally affect the whole.
Ulotrichi: people with woolly, tightly curled, or crisp hair; a division of mankind characterized by people with such hair. —Ulotrichous, adj.

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