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# {{lb|en|anthropology}} The [[present tense]] formerly used in [[ethnography|ethnographies]], even for cultures that no longer existed by the time they were written. |
# {{lb|en|anthropology}} The [[present tense]] formerly used in [[ethnography|ethnographies]], even for cultures that no longer existed by the time they were written. |
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Revision as of 14:55, 28 August 2023
English
Noun
ethnographic present (countable and uncountable, plural ethnographic presents)
- (anthropology) The present tense formerly used in ethnographies, even for cultures that no longer existed by the time they were written.
- When he said they hunt buffalo, he was using the ethnographic present- there are no buffalo on the reservation.