anthropology

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings

Etymology

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

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