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From anthropo- + -geny, attested 1839. As it were from a Greek *ἀνθρωπογένεια (*anthrōpogéneia), hypothetical abstract noun of ἀνθρωπογενής (anthrōpogenḗs, “born of man”).
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anthropogeny
Today it means: Human origins, human generation, or the origin and development of man; the study of those things. Full definition →