2. Noun. A proponent of diffusionism ¹
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Definition of Diffusionist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diffusionist
Literary usage of Diffusionist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Primitive Society by Robert Harry Lowie (1920)
"In that contingency the diffusionist must have recourse to the auxiliary hypothesis
... This is the basic tenet of the diffusionist creed that we must face. ..."
2. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1893)
"... and a " diffusionist", to coin a hideous word. That Mr. Jacobs should rebuke M.
Bédier for being a ..."
3. Publication of the American Sociological Society by American Sociological Association (1922)
"A diffusionist of a very different type is WHR Rivers. Like most English
anthropologists, Rivers, a psychologist by training, began his anthropological ..."
4. Prehistoric Settlement of the Pacific by Ward Hunt Goodenough (1996)
"... to refine the simpler diffusionist models which saw Austronesian speakers
sweeping rapidly and unimpeded out of Southeast Asia to carry agriculture, ..."
5. Surveying the Record: North American Scientific Exploration to 1930 by Edward Carlos Carter (1999)
"Tylor, an Oxford- based anthropologist, chaired the committee from afar and
inspired Boas to use statistical methods in his diffusionist studies of ..."
6. Federalism: The Spanish Experience by Luis Moreno, Moreno Fernández Moreno (1997)
"Spain offers a striking example of the shortcomings of some theories of modernization,
including diffusionist functionalism. According to such a paradigm ..."
7. The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective by Angus Maddison (2001)
"Furthermore, the United States played a diffusionist role in the golden age in
sharp contrast to its role ..."
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