anthropology
pronunciation
How to pronounce anthropology in British English:
UK [ˌænθrəˈpɒlədʒi]
How to pronounce anthropology in American English:
US [ˌænθrəˈpɑːlədʒi]
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- Noun:
- the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
Word Origin
- anthropology (n.)
- "science of the natural history of man," 1590s, originally especially of the relation between physiology and psychology, from Modern Latin anthropologia or coined independently in English from anthropo- + -logy. In Aristotle, anthropologos is used literally, as "speaking of man."
Example
- 1. Anthropology and neuroscience are also small but growing influences .
- 2. I believe he has started reading up anthropology .
- 3. A careful study of girardian anthropology can help them avoid many traps .
- 4. This is a book for anyone interested in words , language and cultural anthropology .
- 5. It also reflects a little-known quirk of ms schapiro 's past : she studied social anthropology as an undergraduate .