Definitions

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  • adjective Not contacted.
  • adjective anthropology Completely isolated from other cultures.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ contacted

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Examples

  • Peru is home to one of the world's largest populations of so-called uncontacted tribes, advocacy groups say.

    Analysis: Peru's indigenous losing faith in reformed Humala Reuters 2011

  • Peru is home to one of the world's largest populations of so-called uncontacted tribes, advocacy groups say.

    Analysis: Peru's indigenous losing faith in reformed Humala Reuters 2011

  • BLACK: Anthropologist says he's been unsure about the existence of so-called uncontacted tribes.

    CNN Transcript May 30, 2008 2008

  • Survivor International says more than 100 so - called uncontacted tribes still exist worldwide.

    CNN Transcript May 30, 2008 2008

  • Survival International says more than 100 so-called uncontacted tribes still exist worldwide.

    CNN Transcript May 30, 2008 2008

  • The British-based group provided the photos exactly a year after releasing aerial photos from Brazil of another tribe classified as uncontacted, one of about 100 such groups it says exist around the world.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2012

  • The British-based group provided the photos exactly a year after releasing aerial photos from Brazil of another tribe classified as uncontacted, one of about 100 such groups it says exist around the world.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2012

  • The British-based group provided the photos exactly a year after releasing aerial photos from Brazil of another tribe classified as uncontacted, one of about 100 such groups it says exist around the world.

    USATODAY.com Feed 2012

  • The British-based group provided the photos exactly a year after releasing aerial photos from Brazil of another tribe classified as uncontacted, one of about 100 such groups it says exist around the world.

    NYDN Rss 2012

  • The British-based group provided the photos exactly a year after releasing aerial photos from Brazil of another tribe classified as uncontacted, one of about 100 such groups it says exist around the world.

    The Seattle Times 2012

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