Mead (Noun)

Meaning ¹

Made of fermented honey and water.

Classification

Nouns denoting foods and drinks.

Hypernyms

• Brewage

Meaning ²

United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978).

Classification

Nouns denoting people.

Synonyms

• Margaret Mead

Meaning ³

United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931).

Classification

Nouns denoting people.

Examples

• George Herbert Mead was an American philosopher, sociologist, and psychologist, who is considered one of the founders of symbolic interactionism and the social psychology of the self.
• Mead was born in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and grew up in a family of modest means, with his father working as a minister and his mother as a former college president.
• The concept of the self, as developed by Mead, is a product of social interaction and is composed of two parts: the "I" and the "me".
• Mead argued that the self is not a fixed entity, but rather a dynamic and constantly evolving process that is shaped by our interactions with others.
• In his work, Mead drew on the ideas of Charles Darwin, William James, and John Dewey, among others, to develop his own unique philosophical perspective.

Synonyms

• George Herbert Mead