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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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Slavery
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A practise that permits some people within a society to own other persons and to claim the right to their labor.
Polity
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A politically independent or autonomous social unit, whether simple or complex, which may in the case of a complex society (such as a state) comprise many lesser dependent components.
Totem
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A plant or animal whose name is adopted by a clan and that holds a special significance for its members, usually related to their mythical ancestry.
Creole
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A pidgin language than has evolved into a fully developed language, with a complete array of grammatical distinctions and a large vocabulary.
Threat gesture
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A physical activity used by one animal to threaten another animal. Some threat gestures are staring, shaking a branch, and lunging toward another animal.
Emic
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A perspective in ethnography that uses the concepts and categories that are relevant and meaningful to the culture under analysis.
Klinefelter's syndrome
Anthropology; Cultural anthropology
A sex-chromosome count of xxy; phenotypically male, tall stature, sterile.
