Thesaurus: anthropography

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1. n. That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations.
2. That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations. P. Cyc.
3. That branch of anthropology which treats of the actualdistribution of the human race in its different divisions, asdistinguished by physical character, language, institutions, andcustoms, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treatshistorically of the origin and filiation of races and nations. P.Cyc.
4. n. That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations.