anthropology

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

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 notes

• 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.

Meronyms

• See also Thesaurus:anthropology

• anthropologic
• anthropological
• anthropologist
• anthroposociology
• astroanthropology
• bioanthropology
• biological anthropology
• cultural anthropology
• ethnoanthropology
• linguistic anthropology
• neuroanthropology
• palaeoanthropology
• paleoanthropology
• physical anthropology
• social anthropology
• socioanthropology
• socio-cultural anthropology
• structural anthropology
• xenoanthropology

 

Translations

the study of humanity

• Arabic: أَنْطْرُوبُولُوجْيَا‎ f (ʾanṭrubulūjyā)
• Armenian: մարդաբանություն (hy) (mardabanutʿyun)
• Asturian: antropoloxía f
• Belarusian: антрапало́гія f (antrapalóhija)
• Bengali: নৃবিজ্ঞান (nribiggan)
• Breton: denoniezh (br) f
• Bulgarian: антрополо́гия f (antropológija)
• Burmese: မနုဿဗေဒ (my) (ma.nu.ssa.beda.)
• 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 ? (nṛvãśśāstra)
• Hindi: मानवशास्त्र (hi) m (mānavśāstra), नृविज्ञान m (nŕvigyān), मानवविज्ञान m (mānavvigyān)
• Hungarian: antropológia (hu), embertan (hu)
• Icelandic: mannfræði f
• Ido: antropologio (io)
• Indonesian: antropologi (id)
• Italian: antropologia (it) f
• Japanese: 人類学 (じんるいがく, jinruigaku)
• Kannada: ಮಂದಿಯರಿಮೆ (kn) (mandiyarime), ಮಾನವಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (kn) (mānavaśāstra)
• Khmer: នរវិទ្យា (nɔɔ rɔɔ vityie), មនុស្សសាស្ត្រ (mɔnuh saah)
• Korean: 인류학(人類學) (ko) (illyuhak)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: mirovnasî (ku)

• Lao: ມະນຸດສາດ (lo) (ma nut sāt)
• Latin: anthropologia f
• Latvian: antropoloģija f
• Lithuanian: antropologija f
• Macedonian: антропологија f (antropologija)
• Malay: antropologi (ms), kaji manusia
• Malayalam: നരവംശശാസ്ത്രം (naravaṃśaśāstraṃ)
• Maori: mātauranga tikanga tangata
• Mongolian: хүн судлал (khün sudlal)
• Navajo: bílaʼashdlaʼii dóó áłʼąą dineʼé naalkaah
• Norwegian: antropologi (no) ?
• Occitan: antropologia f
• Pashto: وګړپوهنه‎ f (wəgəṛpohəna)
• 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: антрополо̀гија f

  Roman: antropològija (sh) f

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

See also

• archaeology
• paleontology
• sociology

 

Further reading

• anthropology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• anthropology in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• "anthropology" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 31.