This point provides the methodological foundation for Boas's cultural relativism: elements of a culture are meaningful in that culture's terms, even if they may be meaningless (or take on a radically different meaning) in another culture.
這個論点为鲍亚士的文化相对论（cultural relativism）提供了方法论基础：某個文化的各種成分，從該文化的角度來看是有意义的，即使它们從另一文化的角度來看是沒有意义的（或具有截然不同的意义）。