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Boasian

Boasian adjective: of or relating to Franz Boas (1858–1942), German-American anthropologist and linguist.

Adjective

Boasian (comparative more Boasian, superlative most Boasian)

  1. Of or relating to Franz Boas (1858–1942), German-American anthropologist and linguist.

Noun

Boasian (plural Boasians)

  1. A supporter of Franz Boas's theories.
    • The Boasians - including Margaret Mead - were primarily concerned with the study of cultural variation, which they presumed took place within a context of general biological tendencies in human behavior.1983 March 27, George E[manuel] Marcus, “One Man's Mead”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015

Forms of Boasian

Adjective
comparativemore Boasian
superlativemost Boasian
Noun
pluralBoasians

Origin of Boasian

From Boas + -ian.

Questions about Boasian

What does Boasian mean?
Boasian means of or relating to Franz Boas (1858–1942), German-American anthropologist and linguist.
What part of speech is Boasian?
Boasian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Boasian in the dictionary

  1. Boas-Buck polynomial
  2. Boas-Buck polynomials
  3. Boasberg
  4. Boase
  5. Boases
  6. Boasian
  7. Boasians
  8. boast
  9. boasted
  10. boaster
  11. boasters

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