anthropology
(noun) the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings
Source: WordNet® 3.1
anthropology (uncountable)
The holistic scientific and social study of humanity, mainly using ethnography as its method.
• Anthropology is distinguished from other social science disciplines by its emphasis on in-depth examination of context, cross-cultural comparisons, and the importance it places on long-term, experiential immersion in the area of research.
• See also anthropology
• anthropologic
• anthropological
• anthropologist
• astroanthropology
• bioanthropology
• cultural anthropology
• ethnoanthropology
• social anthropology
• palaeoanthropology
• paleoanthropology
• physical anthropology
• biological anthropology
• linguistic anthropology
• socio-cultural anthropology
• socioanthropology
• anthroposociology
• structural anthropology
• neuroanthropology
• xenoanthropology
Source: Wiktionary
An`thro*pol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
1. The science of the structure and functions of the human body.
2. The science of man; -- sometimes used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an object of natural history, or as an animal.
3. That manner of expression by which the inspired writers attribute human parts and passions to God.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 March 2025
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
