anthropography

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The branch of anthropology that deals with the geographical distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which deals historically with the origin and filiation of races and nations.

Word forms

anthropography

Etymology

From anthropo- + -graphy.

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