anthroposophy

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noun

Knowledge or understanding of human nature.

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Meanings

anthroposophy1

nounanthroposophy (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountableKnowledge or understanding of human nature.
  2. uncountableA philosophy founded in the early 20th century by the esotericist Rudolf Steiner (also capitalized as Anthroposophy), postulating the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world accessible to direct experience through inner development.

    Anthroposophy was having definite effects. I couldn't take any of this to heart. Other-worldliness tinged it all and every little while my spirit seemed to dissociate itself.

    1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 223

Anthroposophy2

proper noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of anthroposophy.

Origin

From anthropo- + -sophy, from Renaissance Latin anthroposophia (attested in Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, d. 1535, and Thomas Vaughan, d. 1666), popularized from the 1910s via German Anthroposophie (Rudolf Steiner, 1861–1925).

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Translations

Catalan antroposofia
  • antroposofiaphilosophy
Chinese Mandarin 人智學 /人智学
  • 人智學 /人智学 (rénzhìxué)philosophy
Danish antroposofi
  • antroposofiphilosophy
Dutch antroposofie
  • antroposofiephilosophy
Esperanto antropozofio
  • antropozofiophilosophy
Estonian antroposoofia
  • antroposoofiaphilosophy
Finnish antroposofia
  • antroposofiaphilosophy
German Anthroposophie
  • Anthroposophiephilosophy
Greek ανθρωποσοφία
  • ανθρωποσοφία (anthroposofía)philosophy
Hungarian antropozófia
  • antropozófiaphilosophy
Irish antrapasúnacht
  • antrapasúnachtphilosophy
Italian antroposofia
  • antroposofiaphilosophy
Latin anthroposophia
  • anthroposophiaphilosophy
Latvian antropozofija
  • antropozofijaphilosophy
Norwegian Bokmål antroposofi
  • antroposofiphilosophy
Polish antropozofia
  • antropozofiaphilosophy
Portuguese antroposofia, antropossofia
  • antroposofiaphilosophy
  • antropossofiaphilosophy
Romanian antropozofie
  • antropozofiephilosophy
Russian антропосо́фия
  • антропосо́фия (antroposófija)philosophy
Slovak antropozofia
  • antropozofiaphilosophy
Spanish antroposofía
  • antroposofíaphilosophy
Swedish antroposofi
  • antroposofiphilosophy
Turkish antropozofi
  • antropozofiphilosophy
Ukrainian антропосо́фія
  • антропосо́фія (antroposófija)philosophy
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APA

anthroposophy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthroposophy

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“anthroposophy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthroposophy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anthroposophy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthroposophy.

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