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anthroposophy

/ˌænθɹəˈpɑsəfi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
an-thro-pos-o-phy
IPA
/ˌænθɹəˈpɑsəfi/
26
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Knowledge or understanding of human nature.

Archaic; Uncountable

noun

A 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.

Uncountable

name

Alternative letter-case form of anthroposophy.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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).

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌænθɹəˈpɑsəfi/
  • British English: /ˌænθɹəˈpɒsəfi/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Religion.

Derived Forms

anthroposophic anthroposophist

Questions

How do you pronounce anthroposophy?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌænθɹəˈpɑsəfi/.
What does anthroposophy mean?
Knowledge or understanding of human nature.
Where does anthroposophy come from?
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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