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Definition of Ruth Benedict
1. Noun. United States anthropologist (1887-1948).
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Literary usage of Ruth Benedict
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Guide to the Collections in the Library of the American Philosophical by J. Stephen Catlett (1987)
"Ruth Benedict Franz Boas Fay-Cooper Cole Fred Eggan Juan ... Correspondents include:
Ernesto Balch Ralph Beals Ruth Benedict Mabel ..."
2. Henry Adams and His World by David R. Contosta, Robert Muccigrosso (1993)
"... defined by Ruth Benedict, "interested in human behavior, not as it is shaped
by one tradition" but "interested in the great gamut of custom that is ..."
3. Henry Adams and His World: Transactions, APS by David R. Contosta (2008)
"As an editor Adams established himself as an example of the anthropological
thinker defined by Ruth Benedict, "interested in human behavior, ..."
4. Yearbook by American Psychological Association (1892)
"Sub-Committee on a Handbook of Psychological Leads for Ethnological Field Workers:
A. Irving Hallowell, Chairman; Ruth Benedict, AA Brill, John M. Cooper, ..."