anthropologist

US/ˌæn.θɹoʊˈpɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/

nounC1Common in everyday speech and writing · #8,141 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: anthropologists

An anthropologist is a scientist who studies human societies and customs. A social anthropologist.

The method is living among people for a long time rather than surveying them. An anthropologist studying their own society sees it as strangely as any traveller.

Definitions of anthropologist

1nounanthropologistA scientist who studies human societies and customs.C1
“The anthropologist lived in the village for three years.”

anthropologist is a scientist.

Where it comes from

Ancient Greek
ἄνθρωπος — human, mankind
New Latin
anthropologia
English
anthropology
English, today
anthropologist

From anthropology + -ist. anthropology comes from New Latin anthropologia, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (“human, mankind”) + -λογία. by surface analysis, anthropo- + -logy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

anthropologist in the wild

Margaret Mead was an American cultural anthropologist, author and speaker, who appeared frequently in the mass media during the mid-twentieth century.
Margaret Mead
Carlos Castaneda was a Peruvian-American writer, trained as an anthropologist.
Carlos Castaneda
An anthropologist is a social scientist engaged in the practice of anthropology.
Anthropologist
Forensic anthropologists are also instrumental in the investigation and documentation of genocide and mass graves.
Forensic anthropology
Along with forensic pathologists, forensic dentists, and homicide investigators, forensic anthropologists commonly testify in court as expert witnesses.
Forensic anthropology

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Related words

the anthropologia family

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