Cultural anthropology

Cultural anthropology

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

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God or goddess

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A powerful supernatural being with an individual identity and recognisable attributes. Another term for a god is a deity. Like spirits, gods have individual identities and recognisable attributes ...

The progressive emergence of a single worldwide economic system and the simultaneous reduction in global cultural and political differences. A presumed result of globalisation would be the merging of ...

Genocide

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

The act or attempt to systematically kill all members of an ethnic group or culture. The nazi extermination of jews and gipsies by the millions before and during world war ii is an example of ...

General purpose money

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A portable, arbitrarily valued medium of exchange. All market economies today use this form of money. It can have a variety of physical forms--e.g., coins, paper money, or bank checks. It can also be ...

Formal education

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

Structured and directed teaching and learning primarily under the control and direction of adult teachers who are professional "knowers. " formal education is usually what happens in a classroom. ...

Developed nation society

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A nation or society that is relatively wealthy and usually industrialized. Most of the people in developed nations have adequate access to food, electricity, fossil fuels, education, and medicine ...

Developed nation

Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A nation or society that is relatively wealthy and usually industrialized. Most of the people in developed nations have adequate access to food, electricity, fossil fuels, education, and medicine ...