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Webster 1913 Edition
Anthropography
Anˊthro-pog′ra-phy
,Noun.
[Gr.
ἄνθρωποσ
man + -graphy
.] 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.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Anthropography
ANTHROPOG'RAPHY
,Noun.
A description of man or the human race, or of the parts of the human body.
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anthropography
anthropography
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Noun
anthropography (uncountable)
- The branch of anthropology that deals with 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 deals historically with the origin and filiation of races and nations.
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Translations
branch of anthropology that deals with human divisions as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions and customs
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