anthology

[an-thol-uh-jee]

noun

plural

anthologies 

1. a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject.

   an anthology of Elizabethan drama; an anthology of modern philosophy.

2. a collection of selected writings by one author.

anthology

/ ˌænθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl, ænˈθɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. a collection of literary passages or works, esp poems, by various authors

2. any printed collection of literary pieces, songs, works of art, etc

Other Word Forms

• anthological adjective
• anthologically adverb
• anthologist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of anthology¹

First recorded in 1630–40; from Latin anthologia, from Greek: “collection of poems,” literally, “gathering of flowers,” from anthológ(os) “flower-gathering” ( antho- antho- + -logos, adjective derivative of légein “to gather, recount, say, speak”) + -ia -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of anthology¹

C17: from Medieval Latin anthologia, from Greek, literally: a flower gathering, from anthos flower + legein to collect

Example Sentences

The anthology comic is often credited as kicking off the superhero genre in comics.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

A prolific advocate for disability justice, Wong authored a memoir, penned numerous essays, edited two anthologies, hosted a podcast and founded the Disability Visibility Project, a platform for disabled writers and artists.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Their follow-up to “Prey” was a bloody animated anthology movie, “Predator: Killer of Killers,” with segments set in the Viking age, feudal Japan and World War II.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

The most important of these was “The Portable Faulkner,” a perceptively organized anthology of novel excerpts and short stories, for Viking Press in 1946.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

After going global for its second volume, “Star Wars: Visions” Volume 3 brings the anthology series back to its roots with a new slate of shorts all created by Japanese anime studios.

Read more on Los Angeles Times