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Kroeberian

Kroeberian adjective: of or pertaining to theories formulated by American anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber.

Adjective

Kroeberian (comparative more Kroeberian, superlative most Kroeberian)

  1. Of or pertaining to theories formulated by American anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber.
    • ...there are languages, in particular Eskimo and Tiwa, in which noun-incorporation of the Kroeberian sort appears.1985, Sadock, Jerry, The Noun Incorporation Debate (Abstact), CSLI Newsletter, Stanford University, Vol. 2, No. 19 (Online)
    • Kroeberian frames of reference...1994, Leventhal et al. (Bean, Lowell J., editor), Back from Extinction, in The Ohlone: Past and Present Native Americans of the San Francisco Bay Region, Ballena Press Publication, page 300

Forms of Kroeberian

comparativemore Kroeberian
superlativemost Kroeberian

Origin of Kroeberian

From Kroeber + -ian.

Questions about Kroeberian

What does Kroeberian mean?
Kroeberian means of or pertaining to theories formulated by American anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber.
What part of speech is Kroeberian?
Kroeberian is an adjective.

Words near Kroeberian in the dictionary

  1. krobylos
  2. Kroc
  3. Krock
  4. Krocks
  5. Kroeber
  6. Kroeberian
  7. Kroebers
  8. Kroeger
  9. Kroegers
  10. kroehnkite
  11. Kroeker

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