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anth.

anth. is the abbreviation of anthropology.

Meaning of anthropology

Noun

anthropology (countable and uncountable, plural anthropologies)

  1. The scientific study of humans, systematically describing the ethnographic, linguistic, archaeological, and evolutionary dimensions of humanity using a holistic methodological framework.
    • According to anthropology, there are six basic patterns of kinship terminology or kin naming systems.
  2. The study of humanity in its relation to the divine, as in Christian anthropology.

Questions about anth.

What is anth. the abbreviation of?
Anth. is the abbreviation of anthropology.

Words near anth. in the dictionary

  1. antevolated
  2. antevolates
  3. antevolating
  4. Antevorta
  5. antezeugmenon
  6. anth.
  7. anthacyclin
  8. anthacyclins
  9. anthanthrene
  10. anthanthrenylene
  11. anthanthrenylenes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anth. (page history and authors); anthropology (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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