anthroposophy

English

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Etymology

anthropo- + -sophy, from a Renaissance Latin anthroposophia (attested in Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, d. 1535 and Thomas Vaughan, d. 1666), popularized from the 1910s via German Anthroposophie (Rudolf Steiner, 1861–1925).

Noun

anthroposophy (uncountable)

1. Human wisdom; knowledge or understanding of human nature.
2. A spiritual movement inaugurated by Rudolf Steiner (also capitalized as Anthroposophy).

Derived terms

• anthroposophic
• anthroposophist

Translations

a spiritual philosophy

• German: Anthroposophie (de) f
• Irish: antrapasúnacht (ga) f
• Khmer: នរបញ្ញា (km) (neak rak panh nhar)

• Norwegian: antroposofi (no) m
• Romanian: antropozofie (ro)