anthropology
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Definition of anthropology
1
: the science of human beings
especially
: the study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture
2
: theology dealing with the origin, nature, and destiny of human beings
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Other Words from anthropology
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Examples of anthropology in a Sentence
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Actors Aren’t Commodities’ Everyone argues about the new anthropology of auditioning. — New York Times, "Get Out of My Light, Honey. I’m Auditioning Here.," 30 Aug. 2019 Franz Boas, a German immigrant, was the Pied Piper of modern American anthropology. — David Holahan, USA TODAY, "'Gods of the Upper Air': How renegade anthropologists studied, celebrated 'the other'," 5 Aug. 2019 Among the theories gaining currency were those of Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, a British researcher who visited the Andamans from 1906 to 1908, whose study of the tribes was foundational to the new discipline of social anthropology. — Alex Perry, Outside Online, "The Last Days of John Allen Chau," 24 July 2019 The last speculative category is corporate anthropology and trendspotting. — The Economist, "Why it's worth reading crazy-sounding scenarios about the future," 6 July 2019 When Christian begrudgingly invites Dani to join him and some fellow anthropology graduate students on a trip to Sweden to visit a community known as the Harga, their fates are mutually sealed. — Mark Olsen, chicagotribune.com, "Disturbed and confused by ‘Midsommar’? Let the filmmakers explain," 5 July 2019 Ditto for the mild-mannered, ambitious anthropology grad student, Josh (The Good Place's William Jackson Harper, aka Chidi), whose desire to document the holy book and rituals of the cult leads him to breach their rules. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Midsommar is a slasher film with artsy ambitions that doesn’t quite work," 4 July 2019 To make matters worse, her relationship with her boyfriend, anthropology grad student Christian (Jack Reynor) is on shaky ground. — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, "Midsommar Makes Haunting Horror Out Of Sunlight & Flower Crowns," 28 June 2019 Dale, who took anthropology and archaeology classes while earning a business degree from San Diego State University, was fascinated by Ana. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Dale Griffin has learned a thing or two — or 22 — about fatherhood," 16 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'anthropology.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for anthropology
anthropology
noun
English Language Learners Definition of anthropology
: the study of human races, origins, societies, and cultures
See the full definition for anthropology in the English Language Learners Dictionary
anthropology
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an·thro·pol·o·gy
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Kids Definition of anthropology
: a science that studies people and especially their history, development, distribution and culture
anthropology
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an·thro·pol·o·gy
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plural anthropologies
Medical Definition of anthropology
: the science of humans
especially
: the study of humans in relation to distribution, origin, classification, and relationship of races, physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture
Other Words from anthropology
anthropological
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adjective
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adjective
anthropologically
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adverb
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adverb
anthropologist
\ ˌan(t)-thrə-ˈpäl-ə-jəst
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noun
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noun
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