Anthropologist

//ˌæn.θɹoʊˈpɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    An expert in anthropology.

    "In actual fact, it is hard to see how anyone could defend the prescriptive approach. In any other field of enquiry, it would be seen as patently absurd. What would we say of the social anthropologist who, instead of describing the way a given society is, sets about prescribing the way he thinks it ought to be? (We'd probably suggest he ought to give up Anthropology and take up Politics!) [...]"

  2. 2
    a social scientist who specializes in anthropology wordnet

Synonyms

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anatomyanthropologybiologistcraniologyichthyologistpsychology

Example

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"To my surprise, the anthropologist was accused of murder."

Etymology

From anthropology + -ist.

Related phrases

cultural anthropologistsocial anthropologiststructural anthropologist

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