Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

Of or pertaining to the branch of anthropology that examines culture as a scientifically meaningful concept.

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Culture shock

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Feelings of confusion, distress, and sometimes depression that can result from the psychological stress caused by the strain of rapidly adjusting to an alien culture. This is a common phenomenon for ...

Culture death

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The complete disappearance of a culture as a result of the total acculturation or the death of all of the people who shared it.

Culture loss

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The loss of cultural traits. As cultures change and acquire new traits, old no longer useful or popular ones inevitably disappear. An example of culture loss is the disappearance over time of certain ...

Culture bound syndrome

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A disease that has a very limited distribution around the world due to the unique sets of environmental circumstances and cultural practises that cause it to occur. Koro, kuru, and widigo psychosis ...

Cultural relativity

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Suspending one's ethnocentric judgments in order to understand and appreciate another culture. Anthropologists try to learn about and interpret the various aspects of the culture they are studying in ...

Crow naming system

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A matrilineally based kin naming system in which siblings and parallel cousins of the same gender are given the same term of reference (5 = male and 6 = female) as are mother and mother's ...

Cult

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A devoted religious group, often living together in a community with a charismatic prophet leader. Cults are generally considered to be potentially dangerous, unorthodox, extremist groups by the ...