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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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Informal negative sanction
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
An "unofficial", non-governmental punishment for violations of social norms. Informal negative sanctions usually are in the form of gossip, public ridicule, social ostracism, insults, or even threats ...
Ingroup-outgroup dynamics
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The social and psychological forces that operate in the interaction between groups of people and societies. In this interaction, ethnocentrism and the desire to defend ethnic boundaries generally ...
In-law
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A person, other than a spouse, whose kinship relationship to ego is only through a marriage bond. Brother-in-law and mother-in-law are examples. In-laws are often considered to be relatives by ...
Inner-directed personality
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A personality that is guilt oriented. The behaviour of individuals with this sort of personality are strongly controlled by their conscience. As a result, there is little need for police to make sure ...
Interaction distance
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The distance our bodies are physically apart while talking with each other. If two speakers have different comfortable interaction distances, a ballet of shifting positions usually occurs until one ...
Mono-cropping
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
Planting a crop of only one species in a farm field. This is a common practise with intensive agriculture. While this can be a highly efficient farming strategy, it results in crops that are more ...
Morpheme
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
The smallest combination of sounds (i.e., phonemes) that have meaning and cannot be broken into smaller meaningful units. Words can be one or more morphemes. For example, hot is one morpheme while ...
