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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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Cultural anthropology

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.

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