Meaning

2 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)The scientific study of humans, systematically describing the ethnographic, linguistic, archaeological, and evolutionary dimensions of humanity using a holistic methodological framework.

    According to anthropology, there are six basic patterns of kinship terminology or kin naming systems.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The study of humanity in its relation to the divine, as in Christian anthropology.

    Anthropologie, Menschenkunde, Menschenlehre

    антрополо́гияantropológija

    антрополо́гіяantropolóhija

More definitions
  • the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings

Examples

20 sentences

  1. This book deals with anthropology.

    ruЭта книга посвящена антропологии. — urusu_tom

    deIn diesem Buch geht es um Anthropologie. — al_ex_an_der

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  2. Remember that anthropology is still a young science.

    ruНе забывайте, что антропология - ещё молодая наука. — marafon

    deVergessen Sie nicht, dass Anthropologie eine noch junge Wissenschaft ist. — Vortarulo

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  3. He is hailed as the father of modern anthropology.

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  4. Evolutionary anthropology is based in natural science and social science.

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  5. The study of theology is comprised of philosophy, history and anthropology.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the study of humanity:
Русский
By meaning 1
the study of humanity:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the study of humanity:

Origin

From New Latin anthropologia, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human, mankind”) +

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

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Forms

plural: anthropologies
Singularanthropology
Pluralanthropologies

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

26 related words
Relatedarchaeologypaleontologysociologyanthropologistanthropological
Derivedanthropologicanthroposociologyastroanthropologyautoanthropologybioanthropologybiological anthropologycultural anthropologycyberanthropologyentropologyethnoanthropologygeoanthropologylinguistic anthropologypaleoanthropologistpaleoanthropologyphysical anthropologyplanthropologysocial anthropologysocioanthropologysocio-cultural anthropologystructural anthropologyxenoanthropology

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
anthologyC2anthraxanthropocentricanthropologistC1anthropomorphicanthropomorphismantiB1

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