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1. kultur, n. View full entry 1876
...Civilization as conceived by the Germans; esp. used in a derogatory sense during the 191418 and 193945 wars, as involving notions of racial and cultural arrogance,...
2. liminal, adj. View full entry 1884
...gen. Of or pertaining to the threshold or initial stage of a process. rare....
3. sociometry, n. View full entry 1900
...The study of the structure of groups, esp. by statistical analysis of the interrelations between members of a social group....
4. substantivism, n. View full entry 1931
...A system or method of analysis founded on experience, evidence, and observation, in preference to theory; (Cultural Anthropol., Sociol., and Econ.) the doctrine or belief that...
5. substantivist, n. and adj. View full entry 1946
...A person who advocates a doctrine, system, or method of analysis founded on experience, evidence, and observation, in preference to theory; (Cultural Anthropol., Sociol., and Econ.)...
