Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anthroposociology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-thro-poso-ci-ol-o-gy
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The anthropological and sociological study of race as a means of establishing the superiority of certain peoples.

Dated; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"At the origin of every discovery there is usually one man of genius. The originating genius of anthropo-sociology was the Count de Gobinea. His Essai sur l'inégalité des races humains appeared in 1853-1855."
"Schwalbe was the first important anthropologist to publically^([sic]) declare his sympathy to anthroposociology, at the thirty-fourth Congress of the German society in 1903 — significantly, the year after Virchow's death."
"As I have hinted in the introduction, the journal's honeymoon with anthroposociology was of short duration."

Etymology

From anthropo- + sociology. Coined by Georges Vacher de Lapouge.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anthropo

Usage

Derived Forms

anthroposociologist

Questions

What does anthroposociology mean?: The anthropological and sociological study of race as a means of establishing the superiority of certain peoples.
Where does anthroposociology come from?: From anthropo- + sociology. Coined by Georges Vacher de Lapouge.

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