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anthropological

US/æn.θɹə.pəˈlɑd͡ʒikəl/
adjectiveC2Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,483 of 15,258leans written

Anthropological means to do with the study of human societies. An anthropological study, anthropological evidence, from an anthropological view.

The discipline splits into social anthropology, which studies living societies, and physical anthropology, which studies human bodies and their history. Fieldwork means living among people for a year or more rather than visiting them.

Definitions of anthropological

  1. 1adjectiveanthropologicalTo do with the study of human societies.C2

    “She spent two years on an anthropological study of a fishing village in Peru.”

anthropological is a quality.

Where it comes from

  1. Ancient Greek

    ἄνθρωπος — human, mankind

  2. New Latin

    anthropologia

  3. English

    anthropology

  4. English, today

    anthropological

From anthropology + -ical. anthropology comes from New Latin anthropologia, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (“human, mankind”) + -λογία. by surface analysis, anthropo- + -logy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

anthropological in the wild

  • Many anthropological economists (or economic anthropologists) are reacting against what they see as the portrayal of modern society as an economic machine that merely produces and consumes.

    Anthropological theories of value

  • In his book, Tylor debates the relationship between "primitive" societies and "civilized" societies, a key theme in 19th century anthropological literature.

    Primitive Culture (book)

  • A cultural universal (also called an anthropological universal or human universal) is an element, pattern, trait, or institution that is common to all known human cultures worldwide.

    Cultural universal

  • Writers in the genre frequently use speculative settings to examine social organization, cultural difference, religion, language, and human behavior, while drawing on anthropological ideas and research.

    Anthropological science fiction

  • Definitions of anthropological science fiction vary, and critics have debated the boundaries of the subgenre.

    Anthropological science fiction

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the anthropologia family

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