Hypertext Webster Gateway: "anthropology"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anthropology \An`thro*pol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? man + -logy.]
1. The science of the structure and functions of the human
body.
2. The science of man; -- sometimes used in a limited sense
to mean the study of man as an object of natural history,
or as an animal.
3. That manner of expression by which the inspired writers
attribute human parts and passions to God.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anthropology
n : the social science that studies the origins and social
relationships of human beings
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