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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anthropology \An`thro*pol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man +
     -logy.]
     1. The science of the structure and functions of the human
        body.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. The science of man, including the study of the ditribution
        of physical and cultural attributes in relation to man's
        origin, location, history, and environment; -- sometimes
        used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an
        object of natural history, or as an animal.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     3. That manner of expression by which the inspired writers
        attribute human parts and passions to God. See also
        {anthropopathite}, {anthropopathism}, {anthropomorphist}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  anthropology
       n : the social science that studies the origins and social
           relationships of human beings

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "anthropology":
     anatomy, animal physiology, anthropography, anthropologist,
     anthropometry, behavioral science, biology, comparative anatomy,
     conchology, craniology, craniometry, demography, ecology,
     entomology, ethnography, ethnologist, ethnology, ethology,
     helminthology, herpetology, human ecology, human geography,
     ichthyology, malacology, mammalogy, ornithology, protozoology,
     psychology, science of man, sociologist, sociology, taxidermy,
     taxonomy, zoogeography, zoography, zoology, zoonomy, zoopathology,
     zoophysics, zootaxy, zootomy
  
  

















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