English Explanatory Dictionary

anthropogeny

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The study of human origins, human generation, or the origin and development of man.

Word forms

anthropogeny anthropogenies

Etymology

From anthropo- + -geny, attested 1839. As it were from a Greek *ἀνθρωπογένεια (*anthrōpogéneia), hypothetical abstract noun of ἀνθρωπογενής (anthrōpogenḗs, “born of man”).

Related words

anthropogenic anthropogenesis anthropogony cosmogony evolution
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