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Definition of Social anthropology
1. Noun. The branch of anthropology that deals with human culture and society.
Generic synonyms: Anthropology
Specialized synonyms: Garbology, Mythology, Ritualism
Derivative terms: Cultural Anthropologist, Social Anthropologist
Definition of Social anthropology
1. Noun. cultural anthropology ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Social Anthropology
Literary usage of Social anthropology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Knowledge Shared: Participatory Evaluation in Development Cooperation by Edward T. Jackson, Yusuf Kassam (1998)
"In Other Sites: social anthropology and the Politics of Interpretation, ...
"Engagement and Detachment: Reflections on Applying social anthropology to ..."
2. Psychology and Folk-lore by Robert Ranulph Marett (1920)
"At Oxford we term this branch of the subject social anthropology, ... It remains
to add that no training in social anthropology can be regarded as complete ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"He became a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and was appointed professor of
social anthropology at the University of Liverpool in 1907. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"He became a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and was appointed professor of
social anthropology at the University of Liverpool in 1907. ..."