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Boasians

Boasians is the plural of Boasian.

Meaning of Boasian

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

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What is Boasians the plural of?
Boasians is the plural of Boasian.

Words near Boasians in the dictionary

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

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