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Malinowski

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Mal·i·now·ski  (ml-nôfsk, mäl-), Bronislaw Kasper 1884-1942.
Polish-born British anthropologist who maintained that customs and beliefs have specific social functions.
Malinowski [ˌmælɪˈnɒfskɪ]
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(Biographies / Malinowski, Bronislaw Kasper (1884-1942) M, Polish, SOCIAL SCIENCE: anthropologist) Bronislaw Kasper (brɔˈnislaf ˈkaspɛr). 1884-1942, Polish anthropologist in England and the US, who researched into the sexual behaviour of primitive people in New Guinea and Melanesia
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Noun1.Malinowski - British anthropologist (born in Poland) who introduced the technique of the participant observer (1884-1942)
Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, Bronislaw Malinowski


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