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FromNew Latinanthropologia, fromAncient Greekἄνθρωπος(ánthrōpos,“human, mankind”) +-λογία(-logía). Bysurface analysis,anthropo- +‎-logy.

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anthropology (uncountable)

  1. The scientific study ofhumans, systematically describing theethnographic,linguistic,archaeological, andevolutionary dimensions of humanity using aholistic methodological framework.
    According toanthropology, there are six basic patterns of kinship terminology or kin naming systems.
    • 1848 November –1850 December,William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 47, inThe History of Pendennis. […], volume(please specify |volume=I or II), London:Bradbury and Evans, […], published1849–1850,→OCLC:
      As another man has an ardour for art or music, or natural science, Mr. Pen said thatanthropology was his favourite pursuit; and had his eyes always eagerly open to its infinite varieties and beauties: contemplating with an unfailing delight all specimens of it in all places to which he resorted[…]
    • 1863, J. Frederick Collingwood (ed),Introduction to Anthropology (fromTheodor Waitz,Anthropologie der Naturvölker, vol I (1959)) pp 8-9:
      Whilst History endeavours to represent the various phases of civilized life to the fullest extent, the interest ofAnthropology rests chiefly upon the general features and the greatest differences in the various forms of human life; for as regards the latter science, these diversities form the most important and characteristic part, and we should have but a one-sided conception of man, if our notions of him were only derived from the history of civilization without taking into consieration the resquisite supplement arising from the study of uncivilized nations, and of man in a primative state.
  2. (theology) The study of humanity in its relation to the divine, as inChristian anthropology.

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  • (biological science): Anthropology falls under the rubric ofprimatology, itself a sub-discipline ofzoology.
  • (social science): 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.

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the study of humanity
the theological study of humanity

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