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anthropological

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /æn.θɹə.pəˈlɑd͡ʒikəl/
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  • CMU ARPABET: AE2 N TH R AH0 P AH0 L AA1 JH AH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to anthropology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or concerned with the science of anthropology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • anthropological studies

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English anthropology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English anthropological From anthropology + -ical.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մարդաբանական (mardabanakan) — relating to anthropology
  • Asturian: antropolóxicu — relating to anthropology
  • Belarusian: антрапалагі́чны (antrapalahíčny) — relating to anthropology
  • Bulgarian: антропологичен (antropologičen) — relating to anthropology
  • Catalan: antropològic — relating to anthropology
  • Czech: antropologický — relating to anthropology
  • Danish: antropologisk — relating to anthropology
  • Dutch: antropologisch — relating to anthropology
  • Esperanto: antropologia — relating to anthropology
  • Faroese: mannfrøði- — relating to anthropology
  • Faroese: mannfrøðiligur — relating to anthropology
  • Finnish: antropologinen — relating to anthropology
  • French: anthropologique — relating to anthropology
  • Galician: antropolóxico — relating to anthropology
  • German: anthropologisch — relating to anthropology
  • Hungarian: antropológiai — relating to anthropology
  • Irish: antraipeolaíoch — relating to anthropology
  • Italian: antropologico — relating to anthropology
  • Kazakh: антропологиялық (antropologiälyq) — relating to anthropology
  • Latvian: antropoloģisks — relating to anthropology
  • Norwegian Bokmål: antropologisk — relating to anthropology
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: antropologisk — relating to anthropology
  • Occitan: antropologic — relating to anthropology
  • Polish: antropologiczny — relating to anthropology
  • Portuguese: antropológico — relating to anthropology
  • Romanian: antropologic — relating to anthropology
  • Russian: антропологи́ческий (antropologíčeskij) — relating to anthropology
  • Serbo-Croatian: antropološki — relating to anthropology
  • Slovak: antropologický — relating to anthropology
  • Spanish: antropológico — relating to anthropology
  • Swedish: antropologisk — relating to anthropology
  • Tagalog: dalubtauhin — relating to anthropology
  • Ukrainian: антропологі́чний (antropolohíčnyj) — relating to anthropology
Real reading context

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