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Anthropology

//ˌænθɹəˈpɒləd͡ʒi// noun

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

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

  2. 2
    the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings wordnet
  3. 3
    The study of humanity in its relation to the divine, as in Christian anthropology. countable, uncountable

Etymology

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

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