[an.thro.pol.o.gy] n [NL anthropologia, fr. anthrop- + -logia -logy] (1593) 1: the science of human beings; esp: the study of human beings in relation to distribution, origin, classification, and relationship of races, physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture
2: theology dealing with the origin, nature, and destiny of human beings -- an.thro.po.log.i.cal adj -- an.thro.po.log.i.cal.ly adv -- an.thro.pol.o.gist n