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1. Durkheimian, adj. and n. View full entry 1915
...Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Émile Durkheim or his sociological theories....
2. Ethiopian, adj. and n. View full entry 1552
...Of or belonging to Ethiopia (in the various historical uses of the name), or to the peoples known to the ancients as Æthiopes. Often used (now only humorously) as =...
3. Frazerian, adj. View full entry 1932
...Of or pertaining the work of James Frazer. Also as , a follower or adherent of Frazer....
4. Guttman scale, n. View full entry 1950
...A type of scale used to measure and assess mental attitudes and properties (see quot. 1970)....
5. Lévi-Straussian, adj. and n. View full entry 1967
...Of or pertaining to Lévi-Strauss or his work; similar in kind to his arguments or ideas, esp. his theories of structuralism (q.v.)....
6. Malthusian, adj. and n. View full entry 1805
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of Thomas Malthus or his teaching....
7. Melanesian, n. and adj. View full entry 1845
...A native or inhabitant of Melanesia; (Cultural Anthropol.) a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the region....
8. Mertonian, adj.2 View full entry 1960
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of Merton or his theories, esp. those relating to the sociology of science....
9. Nazca, adj. and n. View full entry 1912
...Archaeol. and Cultural Anthropol. Characteristic of an Early Intermediate period culture of the southern coast of present-day Peru which flourished from the 1st century a.d. until ...
10. Nazcan, adj. and n. View full entry 1918
...= Nazca...
11. Nilote, n. View full entry 1893
...A person from the Upper Nile region of Sudan and East Africa; spec. a speaker of a Nilotic language. Cf. Nilotic...
12. Oranian, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1934
...= Ibero-Maurusian...
13. Paretan, adj. and n. View full entry 1932
...= Paretian...
14. Paretian, adj. and n. View full entry 1916
...Of, relating to, or characteristic of Pareto, his methods, or his theories....
15. Parsonian, adj. View full entry 1945
...Of, relating to, or designating Parsonianism....
16. Quetelet, n. View full entry 1909
...attrib. and in the genitive. Designating the normal (Gaussian) curve, esp. as applied to sociological or biological variation. Now hist....
17. Tolstoyan, adj. and n. View full entry 1898
...Of or relating to Tolstoy....
18. Tylorian, adj. View full entry 1936
...Of, pertaining to, or designating the anthropological theories of Tylor, esp. his doctrine that customs and institutions may be interpreted as survivals from some earlier evolutionary stage....
19. Webbian, adj. View full entry 1956
...Pertaining to or characteristic of the Webbs or their ideas....
