Anthroposociology

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Noun
  1. 1
    The anthropological and sociological study of race as a means of establishing the superiority of certain peoples. dated, historical, uncountable

    "At the origin of every discovery there is usually one man of genius. The originating genius of anthropo-sociology was the Count de Gobinea. His Essai sur l'inégalité des races humains appeared in 1853-1855."

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social anthropologysocial anthropology

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"At the origin of every discovery there is usually one man of genius. The originating genius of anthropo-sociology was the Count de Gobinea. His Essai sur l'inégalité des races humains appeared in 1853-1855."

Etymology

From anthropo- + sociology. Coined by Georges Vacher de Lapouge.

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