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Folklore vs Anthropology - What's the difference?

folklore | anthropology |

As nouns the difference between folklore and anthropology

is that folklore is folklore while anthropology is the holistic scientific and social study of humanity, mainly using ethnography as its method.

folklore

English

Noun

(wikipedia folklore)
  • The tales, legends and superstitions of a particular ethnic population.

    • Related terms

    * folkloric * folklorist * (l)

    See also

    * folk * lore * myth * oral tradition ----

    anthropology

    English

    (wikipedia anthropology)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The holistic scientific and social study of humanity, mainly using ethnography as its method.
    • According to anthropology , there are six basic patterns of kinship terminology (i.e., "kin naming systems"): Sudanese, Hawaiian, Eskimo, Crow, Omaha, and Iroquois.

    Usage notes

    * Anthropology is distinguished from other social science disciplines by its emphasis on in-depth examination of context, cross-cultural comparisons, and the importance it places on long-term, experiential immersion in the area of research.

    Meronyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    () * anthropologic * anthropological * anthropologist * cultural anthropology * social anthropology * paleoanthropology * physical anthropology * biological anthropology * linguistic anthropology * socio-cultural anthropology * neuroanthropology

    See also

    * archaeology * paleontology * sociology

    External links

    * * English words suffixed with -ology