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STRUCTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena
Synonyms:
structural anthropology; structuralism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("structural anthropology" is a kind of...):
theory (a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena)
Holonyms ("structural anthropology" is a part of...):
anthropology (the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings)