anthropology

Other forms of anthropology

plural

anthropologies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about anthropology

What does anthropology mean?

anthropology means "the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings".

How many syllables are in anthropology?

anthropology has 5 syllables: an-thro-po-lo-gy. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ˌænθɹəˈpɑlədʒi/.

Is anthropology a common word?

anthropology is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.