Lévi-Strauss

biographical name

Lé·vi-Strauss ˈlā-vē-ˈstrau̇s

ˈle-vē-

Claude 1908–2009 French (Belgian-born) social anthropologist

Lévi-Straussian

ˈlā-vē-ˈstrau̇-sē-ən

ˈle-vē-

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