anthropography

Noun

Meaning

That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

archeology ornithology ethnology psychology ethnography entomology humanitarian anthropology paleontology anthroposophy herpetology malacology anthropogeny anthropometry somatology
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Close letter words and terms

anthropographer anthropographic anthropographical anthropoid anthropoid ape anthropoidal