anthrop-, anthropo-, -anthrope, -anthropic, -anthropical, -anthropically, -anthropism, -anthropist, -anthropoid, -anthropus, -anthropy +

(Greek: man; human being, mankind [including male (man, men; boy, boys) and female (woman, women; girl, girls); in other words, all members of the human race]; people)


Pithecanthropus (s), Pithecanthropi (pl)
1. A former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
2. A hypothetical extinct primate intermediate between mankind and anthropoid apes.
pseudoanthropology, pseudoanthropological
False interpretations and/or presentations of the interrelations of biological, cultural, geographical, and historical aspects of humankind.
psilanthropist
Someone who believes that Jesus was not divine but merely a man.
psilanthropy, psilanthropism
The belief that Jesus Christ was not divine but merely a man, although divinely inspired.
Sinanthropus
An obsolete name for a variety of Homo erectus found at Zhoukoudian cave (Choukoutien), southwest of Beijing (Peking).

The braincase was thick, with a massive basal and occipital torus structure and heavy browridges. The remains of over 40 fossil humans were found there. These Chou-k'ou-tien fossils are dated to the Middle Pleistocene, about 900,000-130,000 years ago.

Peking man postdates Java man and is considered more advanced in having a larger cranial capacity, a forehead, and nonoverlapping canines.

synanthropy, synanthropic
Living in habitats made or altered by man.
theanthropic
Pertaining, relating to, or having the nature of both God and man; at once divine and human.
theanthropist
A person who believes in theanthropism or that the divine can manifest itself in mortal form or that mortals can be divine.
theanthropophagy
The practice of eating a theanthropos (a godlike person or something representing a god).
theanthropos
1. A godlike person.
2. A human god; a mankind incarnating, or believed to incarnate, God, or a god.
theanthroposophy
A system of belief concerning the God-man.
theanthropy, theanthropism
1. The assigning of human characteristics to a god or gods.
2. The Christian doctrine that the human and the divine are united in Jesus Christ.
3. The doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, or of the manifestation of God as man, in Christ.
theomisanthropist
Someone who hates God and mankind.
A man is showing his hatred for religion and even people
A priest is trying to encourage a man to attend church, but the man is showing his hatred for both religion and apparently for people who are participants in church functions.

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theophilanthropist; theophilanthropic
A person who is said to love both God and human beings.

Theophilanthropists were members of a deistical society established in Paris during the French revolution, or Directory, that aimed to institute in place of Christianity, which had been officially abolished, a new religion, affirming belief in the existence of God, in the immortality of the soul, and in virtue.

theophilanthropy, theophilanthropic
A belief that expresses a love for God and mankind.

Links to other units that include the topic of "man", "mankind":
andro-; homo-; vir-.

Related "people, human" word units: demo-; ethno-; ochlo-; popu-; publi-.


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