Dictionary - Definition of ANTHROPOGRAPHY


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. 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.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "Anthropography" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Anthropography \An`thro*pog"ra*phy\, noun. [Greek expression man -graphy.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ANTHROPOGRAPHY

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] A description of man or the human race, or of the parts of the human body. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
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Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. 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.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

Date "ANTHROPOGRAPHY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Anthropography \An`thro*pog"ra*phy\, noun. [Greek expression man -graphy.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] A description of man or the human race, or of the parts of the human body. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top