anthropological

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US/æn.θɹə.pəˈlɑd͡ʒikəl/

adjective

Relating to anthropology.

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Meanings

adjectiveanthropological (comparative more anthropological, superlative most anthropological)

comparative more anthropological · superlative most anthropological

  1. Relating to anthropology.

    He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.

    2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2017, page 162
    1 more example

    Much of the film is a detached, almost anthropological, look at the lives of the women and men, both white and of color, who live in the slums and housing projects outside of Paris.

    1986 August 23, Michael Bronski, “Note This!”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 6, page 15

    Synonyms: anthropologic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveRelating to anthropology.

Origin

  1. Englishanthropology
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishanthropological

From anthropology + -ical.

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Translations

Bulgarian антропологичен
  • антропологичен (antropologičen)relating to anthropology
Catalan antropològic
  • antropològicrelating to anthropology
Czech antropologický
  • antropologickýrelating to anthropology
Danish antropologisk
  • antropologiskrelating to anthropology
Dutch antropologisch
  • antropologischrelating to anthropology
Esperanto antropologia
  • antropologiarelating to anthropology
Finnish antropologinen
  • antropologinenrelating to anthropology
French anthropologique
  • anthropologiquerelating to anthropology
German anthropologisch
  • anthropologischrelating to anthropology
Hungarian antropológiai
  • antropológiairelating to anthropology
Irish antraipeolaíoch
  • antraipeolaíochrelating to anthropology
Italian antropologico
  • antropologicorelating to anthropology
Latvian antropoloģisks
  • antropoloģisksrelating to anthropology
Norwegian Bokmål antropologisk
  • antropologiskrelating to anthropology
Polish antropologiczny
  • antropologicznyrelating to anthropology
Portuguese antropológico
  • antropológicorelating to anthropology
Romanian antropologic
  • antropologicrelating to anthropology
Russian антропологи́ческий
  • антропологи́ческий (antropologíčeskij)relating to anthropology
Slovak antropologický
  • antropologickýrelating to anthropology
Spanish antropológico
  • antropológicorelating to anthropology
Swedish antropologisk
  • antropologiskrelating to anthropology
Tagalog dalubtauhin
  • dalubtauhinrelating to anthropology
Ukrainian антропологі́чний
  • антропологі́чний (antropolohíčnyj)relating to anthropology

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

anthropological. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthropological

MLA

“anthropological.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthropological. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anthropological,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthropological.

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