Lévi-Strauss

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/ ˈleɪ viˈstraʊs /

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noun

Claude, 1908–2009, French anthropologist and educator, born in Belgium: founder of structural anthropology.

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How to use Lévi-Strauss in a sentence

On Dec. 22, 1799, Sands told her cousins that she would be leaving to elope with a fellow boarder named Levi Weeks that night.
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Strauss, Nolde, and Barlach would sign an August 1934 petition supporting Hitler as the next head of state.
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He thus appointed Strauss to the post of president of the Reich Chamber of Music in 1933.
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Goebbels was also instrumental in the initial success Strauss had under the Nazis.
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According to the sheriff, 18-year-old Levi Weaver begged the officer to shoot him, and then leapt at him.
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“Wait a minute 'ere,” said Mr. Levi, and he went into the room beyond this, where she knew there were writing materials.
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Each evening Mr. Levi was in attendance, and this day, according to rule, she went down to the grand old dining-room.
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Mr. Levi enters almost beside him; how white his big eyeballs gleam, as he steps in under the same cold light!
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As an instance of explicit references made to the duty, we may advert to the blessing of Moses on the tribe of Levi.
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Simeon and Levi were the most active in seeking to compass the death of Joseph, and a curse was sent upon them.
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British Dictionary definitions for Lévi-Strauss

Lévi-Strauss

/ (ˈlɛvɪˈstraʊs, French levistros) /

noun

Claude (klod). (1908–2009) French anthropologist, leading exponent of structuralism. His books include The Elementary Structures of Kinship (1969), Totemism (1962), The Savage Mind (1966), Mythologies (1964–71), and Saudades do Brazil (Memories of Brazil; 1994)

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