anthropology

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EtymologyEdit

From anthropo- (from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος ‎(ánthrōpos, “man, mankind, human, humanity”)) + -logy (from Ancient Greek -λογία ‎(-logía)).

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌænθɹəˈpɒlədʒi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌænθɹəˈpɑːlədʒi/

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NounEdit

anthropology ‎(uncountable)

1. 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.

Usage notesEdit

• 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.

MeronymsEdit

• See also Wikisaurus:anthropology

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from anthropology

• anthropological
• anthropologic
• anthropologist
• biological anthropology

• cultural anthropology
• linguistic anthropology
• neuroanthropology
• paleoanthropology

• physical anthropology
• social anthropology
• socio-cultural anthropology

See alsoEdit

• archaeology
• paleontology
• sociology

TranslationsEdit

the study of humanity

• Arabic: أَنْطْرُوبُولُوجْيَا f ‎(ʾanṭrubulūjyā)
• Armenian: մարդաբանություն (hy) ‎(mardabanutʿyun)
• Asturian: antropoloxía f
• Belarusian: антрапало́гія f ‎(antrapalóhija)
• Bengali: নৃবিজ্ঞান ‎(nr̥bijñān)
• Breton: denoniezh
• Bulgarian: антрополо́гия f ‎(antropológija)
• Catalan: antropologia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 人類學, 人类学 ‎(jan⁴ leoi⁶ hok⁶)

  Mandarin: 人類學 (zh), 人类学 (zh) ‎(rénlèixué)

  Min Nan: 人類學, 人类学 ‎(jîn-lūi-ha̍k, lîn-lūi-ha̍k)

• Czech: antropologie (cs) f
• Danish: antropologi (da) c
• Dutch: antropologie (nl) f
• Esperanto: antropologio (eo)
• Faroese: mannfrøði f
• Finnish: antropologia (fi)
• French: anthropologie (fr) f
• Galician: antropoloxía f
• Georgian: ანთროპოლოგია ‎(antroṗologia)
• German: Anthropologie (de) f, Menschenkunde (de) f, Menschenlehre f
• Greek: ανθρωπολογία (el) f ‎(anthropología)
• Greenlandic: inuup ineriartorneranik ilisimatusarneq
• Guaraní: avakuaaty
• Gujarati: નૃવંશશાસ્ત્ર ‎(nruvãśśāstra)
• Hindi: मानवशास्त्र (hi) m ‎(mānavśāstra), नृविज्ञान m ‎(nŕvijgyān), मानवविज्ञान m ‎(mānavvijñān)
• Hungarian: antropológia (hu), embertan (hu)
• Icelandic: mannfræði f
• Ido: antropologio (io)
• Italian: antropologia (it) f
• Japanese: 人類学 ‎(じんるいがく, jinruigaku)
• Kannada: ಮಂದಿಯರಿಮೆ (kn) ‎(maṃdiyarime), ಮಾನವಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (kn) ‎(mānavaśāstra)
• Khmer: នរវិទ្យា ‎(nɔɔ rɔɔ vityie), មនុស្សសាស្ត្រ ‎(mɔnuh saah)
• Korean: 인류학 (ko) ‎(illyuhak) (人類學 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: mirovnasî (ku)

• Lao: ມະນຸດສາດ (lo) ‎(ma nut sāt)
• Latin: anthropologia f
• Latvian: antropoloģija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: antropologija f
• Macedonian: антропологија f ‎(antropologija)
• Malay: antropologi, kaji manusia
• Malayalam: നരവംശശാസ്ത്രം ‎(naravaṃśaśāstraṃ)
• Maori: mātauranga tikanga tangata
• Mongolian: хүн судлал ‎(hün sudlal)
• Navajo: bílaʼashdlaʼii dóó áłʼąą dineʼé naalkaah
• Norwegian: antropologi (no)
• Pashto: وګړپوهنه f ‎(wëgëṛpohëna)
• Persian: مردم‌شناسی ‎(mardom-šenâsi)
• Polish: antropologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: antropologia (pt) f
• Romanian: antropologie (ro) f
• Russian: антрополо́гия (ru) f ‎(antropológija)
• Scottish Gaelic: daonn-eòlas m, corp-eòlas
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: антропологија f

  Roman: antropologija (sh) f

• Sindhi: ماڻهُڀِياسُ (sd) m
• Slovak: antropológia f
• Slovene: antropologija (sl) f, človekoslovje
• Spanish: antropología (es) f
• Swedish: antropologi (sv) c
• Tagalog: dalubtauhan
• Tajik: мардумшиносӣ (tg) ‎(mardumšinosī)
• Tamil: மானிடவியல் ‎(māṉiṭaviyal)
• Telugu: మానవ శాస్త్రము ‎(mānava śāstramu)
• Thai: มานุษยวิทยา ‎(maa-nút-sà-yá-wít-tá-yaa), มานุษยวิทยา ‎(mānus̄ʹywithyā)
• Turkish: antropoloji (tr), insanbilim
• Ukrainian: антрополо́гія (uk) ‎(antropolóhija)
• Vietnamese: nhân loại học (vi) (人類學)
• Yiddish: אַנטראָפּאָלאָגיע f ‎(antropologye)

External linksEdit

• anthropology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• anthropology in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911