anthropology

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The scientific study of humans, systematically describing the ethnographic, linguistic, archaeological, and evolutionary dimensions of humanity using a holistic methodological framework.
2. (countable, uncountable) The study of humanity in its relation to the divine, as in Christian anthropology.

Synonyms

demography

science of humans

study of humans

social anthropology

anthro

Translations

anthropologie

Anthropologie

antropología

antropologia

ανθρωπολογία

antropologia

antropologie

antropoloji

antropologia

anthropologia

Menschenkunde

Lehre vom Menschen

antropologia

antropolojî

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌænθɹəˈpɒləd͡ʒi/

Etymology

From New Latin anthropologia, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human, mankind”) + -λογία (-logía). By surface analysis, anthropo- + -logy.