Boas

American

[boh-az] / ˈboʊ æz /

noun

Franz 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.

Boas British

/ ˈboːas, ˈbəʊæz /

noun

Franz (frants). 1858–1942, US anthropologist, born in Germany. He made major contributions to cultural and linguistic anthropology in studies of North American Indians, including The Mind of Primitive Man (1911; 1938)

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Boas Scientific

/ bō′ăz /

German-born American anthropologist who emphasized the systematic analysis of culture and language structures.

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Boas and his acolytes argued, in Mr. Saad’s summary, that “there are no human universals. Every culture has to be judged in its own idiosyncratic reality.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Zora Neale Hurston was a student of the anthropologist Franz Boas, and her fieldwork in rural Florida informs this novel of passionate love and tempestuous weather.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Boas agreed that access to retirement accounts alone isn’t enough.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

Boas estimated that if the program builds on the Saver’s Match, as many as 45 million out of that 56 million wouldn’t qualify due to the low-income threshold.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 25, 2026

Dr. Boas, on studying the figures, decided that there were at least four different types in the United States.

From American Indians by Frederick Starr

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