anthropological
adjective/ˌænθrəpəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/
Frequency rank: #11,843 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
relating to the study of human societies, cultures, and their development.
Example sentence
Her research took a strictly anthropological approach to understanding how ancient tribes communicated.
Synonyms & related words
- cultural
- ethnological
- sociological
- ethnographic
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