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culture, adaptive and material

A Dictionary of Sociology | 1998 | 276 words | Copyright

culture, adaptive and material Adaptive culture is a term mostly used in American cultural anthropology, in reference to the realm of ideas, beliefs, values, and customs, as contrasted to the material culture of manufactured objects (buildings, consumer goods, and such like).

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