| Anthropology 1. (n.) The study of the origins, behavior and development of humans; -- sometimes used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an object of natural history, or as an animal. 2. (n.) That manner of expression by which the inspired writers attribute human parts and passions to God. Thesaurus Entries 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 |