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Cultural anthropology
Of or pertaining to the branch of anthropology that examines culture as a scientifically meaningful concept.
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Autonomy
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Taking commands from only one authoritative source, oneself, and rejecting all attempts to override one's autonomy. Moral autonomy entails making the final decisions about what one should do. ...
Shamanistic cult
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
That form of religion in which part-time religious specialists called shamans intervene with the deities on behalf of their clients.
Populationist viewpoint
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The concept that only individuals have reality and that the type is illusory. Since no two individuals are exactly alike, variation underlies all existence.
Physical environment
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The complex of inanimate elements that surround an organism.
Cultural environment
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The complex of products of human endeavor, including technology and social institutions.
Relativism
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The concept that a cultural system can be viewed only in terms of the principles, background, frame of reference, and history that characterise it.
Macula
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The central area of the retina, consisting of cones only.
