anthropology
noun [U] /ˌæn.θrəˈpɒl.ə.dʒi/
/-ˈpɑː.lə-/ Definition
› the study of the human race, its culture and society, and its physical developmentLifestyles and their study anthropological /ˌæn.θrə.pəˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/
/-ˈlɑː.dʒɪ-/ adjective › anthropological research/fieldwork the Anthropological Library/DepartmentLifestyles and their study anthropologically /ˌæn.θrə.pəˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl.i/
/-ˈlɑː.dʒɪ-/ adverb Lifestyles and their study
/-ˈlɑː.dʒɪ-/ adjective › anthropological research/fieldwork the Anthropological Library/DepartmentLifestyles and their study anthropologically /ˌæn.θrə.pəˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl.i/
/-ˈlɑː.dʒɪ-/ adverb Lifestyles and their study (Definition of anthropology noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- anthropologist noun
- cultural adjective (WAY OF LIFE)
- culture noun (WAY OF LIFE)
- demographer noun
- demographics noun
- demography noun
- ethnological adjective
- ethnology noun
- hermetic adjective
- lifestyle noun
- living noun (WAY OF LIFE)
- lot noun (LIFE)
- milieu noun
- quality noun (STANDARD)
- trend noun
- vegetate verb
- way of life idiom
- westernize verb
- westernized adjective
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