Anthropology Definition

ănthrə-pŏlə-jē
noun
The scientific study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of humans.
American Heritage
The study of humans, esp. of the variety, physical and cultural characteristics, distribution, customs, social relationships, etc. of humanity.
Webster's New World
That part of Christian theology concerning the genesis, nature, and future of humans, especially as contrasted with the nature of God.
American Heritage

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

According to anthropology, there are six basic patterns of kinship terminology (i.e., "kin naming systems"): Sudanese, Hawaiian, Eskimo, Crow, Omaha, and Iroquois.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • study of culture
  • study of humans
  • science of humans

Origin of Anthropology

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

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Anthropology Sentence Examples

  • In 1907 he was elected professor of social anthropology at Liverpool.

  • It seems as if anthropology had in this direction reached the limits of its discoveries.

  • One of these, the Letter to a Professor of Anthropology, was translated without.

  • His book is an interesting attempt to compile a system of anthropology from the standpoint of the Christian philosophy.

  • He was one of the founders of the study of " Psychical Research," and his other writings on anthropology include The Book of Dreams and Ghosts (1897), Magic and Religion (1901) and The Secret of the Totem (1905).

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