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anthropology

[an-thruh-pol-uh-jee] / ˌæn θrəˈpɒl ə dʒi /
NOUN
study of humans and their culture
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“There is a deep connection with the cosmos in Mexico. I’ve seen it in anthropology books; this vision of art as a healing agent that facilitates spiritual growth.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Bringing the constraints of cultural anthropology back into biomolecular analysis allows other reversals to emerge.

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 2026

Once, in anthropology class, my professor lectured on an insular island tribe that cackled whenever someone got hurt.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

And I think you’re going to have to have competitive models to actually get to reform where people who used to have inside history, which is my discipline, English literature, anthropology, sociology, whatever.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

I didn’t want to end up being dependent on people I didn’t respect much, so here I am majoring in anthropology instead.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

They are anthropologies of populism, cautionary tales from history, blueprints for blunting revanchism’s appeal.

From Seattle Times Dec. 21, 2016

The logical result of such a position is a radical moral relativism vis-à-vis various cultural anthropologies.

From New York Times May 29, 2011




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