anthropology
noun
the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
anthropologically
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a word derived from
anthropology.
Example Sentences
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A core conviction, she wrote in “Outrageous Acts,” was “that sex and race discrimination are so pragmatically linked and anthropologically interdependent that one cannot be successfully uprooted without taking on the other.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Approaching therapy in this way requires an anthropologically informed exploration of the client's inner world.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2023
“Always an anthropologically acute observer of cultural footprints and foibles, White reserves his sharpest satirical barbs for the most deserving targets,” Sarah Bird writes in her review.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2020
As an anthropologically pure form of travel, canoeing is second only to walking.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 24, 2016
Yet anthropologically speaking the tie between the two is as strongly marked as the contrast of character.
From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Margaret Alice Murray
