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Meaning of ethnographic present | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The present tense formerly used in ethnographies, even for cultures that no longer existed by the time they were written.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“When he said they hunt buffalo, he was using the ethnographic present- there are no buffalo on the reservation.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

ethnographist Ethnography ethnohistorian ethnohistory ethnoichthyology ethnoknowledge