anthropology

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌænθɹəˈpɒlədʒi/, X-SAMPA: /%{nTr@"pQl@dZi/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˌænθɹəˈpɑːlədʒi/, X-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 (cmn), 人类学 (cmn) (rénlèixué)

• Czech: antropologie (cs) f
• Danish: antropologi (da) c
• Esperanto: antropologio (eo)
• Finnish: antropologia (fi)
• French: anthropologie (fr) f
• German: Anthropologie f
• Greek: ανθρωπολογία (el) (anthropología) f 
• 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

• Latvian: antropoloģija (lv) 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

• Sindhi: ماڻهُڀِياسُ (sd) m
• 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