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social anthropologist

American  
[soh-shuhl an-thruh-pah-luhj-ist] / ˈsoʊ ʃəl ˌæn θrəˈpɑ lədʒ ɪst /

noun

social anthropologists plural
  1. cultural anthropologist.


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“It is very theatrical,” said Ms. Arkhipova, the social anthropologist.

From New York Times Jun. 3, 2023

If extensive areas of land prohibit trail hunting then it's "difficult to see" how the sport could be sustained, suggests social anthropologist Prof. Gary Marvin of Roehampton University.

From BBC Oct. 15, 2021

In 2012, social anthropologist Renny Thomas joined a chemistry laboratory at the Indian Institute of Sciences to study caste dynamics at the institute, arguably India's most elite science university.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2021

The social anthropologist, classicist, and etiquette historian Margaret Visser wrote, in her canonical 1991 book, “The Rituals of Dinner,” that manners “do not constitute virtue, but they do set out to imitate virtue’s outward appearance.”

From The New Yorker Oct. 1, 2018

“There are around 50,000 people living in the danger zone,” says Noah Walker-Crawford, a social anthropologist from Manchester University.

From The Guardian Jun. 29, 2018

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