Anthropology
In an anthropological or scientific context, the term "savage" is controversial and usually considered obsolete. It can mean:
- Any person, group or behavior distinct from civilization
- Barbarian, a usually pejorative word for an uncivilized person
- Band society, a comparatively simple form of human society
- Hunter-gatherer, a member of a society whose food is mostly procured directly from undomesticated sources
- Indigenous peoples, non-Western groups whose history predates contact with Western culture
- Noble savage, a person viewed as uncorrupted by civilization
- Primitive culture, a culture lacking modernity
- Tribe, a type of social organization distinct from states
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