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anthropology

an.thro.pol.o.gy \-je-\ n [NL anthropologia, fr. anthrop- + -logia -logy] 
   1a: the science of man; esp : the study of man in relation to distr 
   ibution, origin, classification, and relationship of races, physical 
   character, environmental and social relations, and culture 1b: a treatise 
   on this science  2: teaching about the origin, nature, and destiny of man 
   esp. from the pers pective of his relation to God