noun
an anthropologist who studies such cultural phenomena as kinship systems
• Syn: ↑social anthropologist
• Derivationally related forms: ↑cultural anthropology, ↑social anthropology (for: ↑social anthropologist)
• Hypernyms: ↑anthropologist
• Hyponyms: ↑ritualist
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the branch of anthropology that deals with the origins, development, and functioning of human cultures: »
Cultural anthropology deals with man's behavior and specifically with the ways in which human beings carry out the activities involved in daily living (Beals and Hoijer).
–cultural anthropologist.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.