单词 | anthropologist |
释义 | anthropologistn. rare before 19th cent. An expert in or student of the physiological or philosophical aspects of human nature (cf. anthropology n. 1, 2a). In later use: spec. a person who studies or carries out research in the field of anthropology (cf. anthropology n. 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > people > science of mankind > [noun] > anthropology > person anthropologist1650 1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Deliramenta Catarrhi 52 The exact manner and reason of Respiration hath also escaped the vulgar exploration of Anthropologists [L. modum fiendi anhelitus fuisse incognitum]. 1798 A. F. M. Willich Elements Crit. Philos. 22 Plattner, that excellent Anthropologist,..has employed rational scepticism against the Kantian System. 1805 Edinb. Rev. 6 123 M. Peron..embarked in the capacity of anthropologist to the expedition. 1879 A. R. Wallace Australasia i. 6 The variety of human races..and..the interesting problems which they present to the anthropologist. 1901 Science 27 Dec. 997/2 The leading question before the anthropologist of to-day is that relating to the trend of human development. 1955 Sci. Amer. Apr. 84/2 In the interest of intercultural understanding various U.S. Government agencies have hired anthropologists. 2003 J. Murray Jazz x. 188 This barter system you deplore, it's as old and banal as the hills. Any anthropologist could tell you as much. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1650 |
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