anthropology

English

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Etymology

From anthropo-, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (anthropos, “man, mankind, human, humanity”) + -logy.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌænθɹəˈpɒlədʒi/, SAMPA: /%{nTr@"pQl@dZi/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˌænθɹəˈpɑːlədʒi/, SAMPA: /%{nTr@"pA:l@dZi/

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Noun

anthropology (uncountable)

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

Usage notes

• Anthropology is distinguished from other social science disciplines by its emphasis on in-depth examination of context, cross-cultural comparisons, and the importance it places on long-term, experiential immersion in the area of research.

Meronyms

• See also Wikisaurus:anthropology

Derived terms

anthropologic anthropological anthropologist cultural anthropology social anthropology paleoanthropology

physical anthropology biological anthropology linguistic anthropology socio-cultural anthropology neuroanthropology

See also

• archaeology
• paleontology
• sociology

Translations

the study of humanity

Arabic: أنطروبولوجيا (ar) (ʾanṭrubulūjyā) f. Armenian: մարդաբանություն (hy) (mardabanut’yun) Belarusian: антрапалогія (be) (antrapalóhija) f. Bulgarian: антропология (bg) (antropológija) f. Catalan: antropologia f. Chinese: Mandarin: 人類學 (zh), 人类学 (zh) (rénlèixué) Czech: antropologie (cs) f. Esperanto: antropologio (eo) Finnish: antropologia (fi) French: anthropologie (fr) f. German: Anthropologie f. (de) Greek: ανθρωπολογία (el) Hindi: मानवशास्त्र (hi) (mānavśāstra) m., नृविज्ञान (hi) (nŕvijgyān) m. Hungarian: antropológia (hu) Icelandic: mannfræði (is) f. Italian: antropologia (it) f. Japanese: 人類学 (ja) (じんるいがく, jinruigaku) Khmer: នរវិទ្យា (km) (nɔɔ rɔɔ vityie), មនុស្សសាស្ត្រ (km) (mɔnuh saah) Korean: 인류학 (ko) (illyuhak) (人類學 (ko)) Latin: anthropologia (la) f. Macedonian: антропологија (mk) (antropológija) f.

Malay: antropologi (ms), kaji manusia (ms) Navajo: bílaʼashdlaʼii dóó áłʼąą dineʼé naalkaah Norwegian: antropologi (no) Persian: مردم‌شناسی (fa) (mardom-šenâsi) Polish: antropologia (pl) f. Portuguese: antropologia (pt) f. Romanian: antropologie (ro) f. Russian: антропология (ru) (antropológija) f. Scottish Gaelic: daonn-eòlas m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: антропологија (sh) f. Roman: antropologija (sh) f. Slovak: antropológia (sk) f. Slovene: antropologija (sl) f. Spanish: antropología (es) f. Swedish: antropologi (sv) c. Tajik: мардумшиносӣ (tg) (mardumšinosī) Thai: มานุษยวิทยา (th) (maa-nút-sà-yá-wít-tá-yaa) Turkish: antropoloji (tr) Ukrainian: антропологія (uk) (antropolóhija) Vietnamese: nhân loại học (vi) (人類學 (vi))

External links

• anthropology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• anthropology in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911