Definition of Anthropology

1. Noun. The social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings.

Examples of category: Ethos, Eidos, Kinship System, Affine, Family Relationship, Kinship, Relationship, Affinity, Blood Kinship, Cognation, Consanguinity, Primitive, Endogamic, Endogamous, Exogamic, Exogamous, Outbred, Affinal, Affine, Mongoloid
Generic synonyms: Social Science
Specialized synonyms: Archaeology, Archeology, Descriptive Anthropology, Ethnography, Ethnology, Physical Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Social Anthropology
Terms within: Structural Anthropology, Structuralism
Derivative terms: Anthropological, Anthropologist

Definition of Anthropology

1. n. The science of the structure and functions of the human body.

Definition of Anthropology

1. Noun. The holistic scientific and social study of humanity, mainly using ethnography as its method. ¹

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Definition of Anthropology

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Medical Definition of Anthropology

1. 1. The science of the structure and functions of the human body. 2. The science of man; sometimes used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an object of natural history, or as an animal. 3. That manner of expression by which the inspired writers attribute human parts and passions to God. Origin: Gr. Man. (04 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthropology

anthropoid
anthropoid ape
anthropoid pelvis
anthropoidal
anthropoidea
anthropoids
anthropolatry
anthropolite
anthropolites
anthropologic
anthropological
anthropologically
anthropologies
anthropologist
anthropologists
anthropology (current term)
anthropology department
anthropomancy
anthropometer
anthropometric
anthropometrical
anthropometrically
anthropometries
anthropometry
anthropomorph
anthropomorpha
anthropomorphic
anthropomorphically
anthropomorphisation
anthropomorphisations

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