Meaning of ANTHROPOLOGY
| Pronunciation: | | `anthru'pâlujee
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| | Definition: | | [n] the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings |
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| | See Also: | | archaeology, archeology, cultural anthropology, descriptive anthropology, ethnography, ethnology, human palaeontology, human paleontology, palaeoanthropology, paleoanthropology, physical anthropology, social anthropology, social science, structural anthropology, structuralism | |
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| | Definition: | | \An`thro*pol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? man + -logy.]
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.
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| | Definition: | | the study of humanity - our physical characteristics as animals, and our unique non-biological characteristics we call culture. The subject is generally broken down into three subdisciplines: biological (physical) anthropology, cultural (social) anthropology, and archaeology. |
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| | Related Terms: | | anatomy, animal physiology, anthropography, anthropologist, anthropometry, behavioral science, biology, comparative anatomy, conchology, craniology, craniometry, demography, ecology, entomology, ethnography, ethnologist, ethnology, ethology, helminthology, herpetology, human ecology, human geography, ichthyology, malacology, mammalogy, ornithology, protozoology, psychology, science of man, sociologist, sociology, taxidermy, taxonomy, zoogeography, zoography, zoology, zoonomy, zoopathology, zoophysics, zootaxy, zootomy |
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