ANTHROPOGRAPHY

Etymology

Noun

anthropography (uncountable)

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.

Source: Wiktionary


An`thro*pog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. -graphy.]

Definition: 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. P. Cyc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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