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)
anthropotoxin
A poison believed to be exhaled from the lungs of human beings.
Anthropozoic
1. Characterized by human existence, especially in the Quaternary period.
2. Pertaining to or designating the time that has elapsed, or the rocks that have been deposited, since mankind appeared on the earth.
anthropozoonosis
An animal disease (zoonosis) maintained in nature by animals and transmissible to humans; e.g., rabies, brucellosis.
Brucellosis is an infectious disease caused by Brucella (non-motile-parasitic bacteria), characterized by fever, sweating, weakness, aches, and pains, and transmitted to man by direct contact with diseased animals or trough ingestion of infected meat, milk, or cheese, and is particularly hazardous to veterinarians, farmers, and slaughterhouse workers.
anthropozoophilic
Attracted more or less equally to humans and to some other kinds of animal host; said, for example, of certain kinds of mosquitoes.
anthropurgic
Worked, or acted upon, by mankind.
An anthropurgic ecosystem is one created by mankind. Strictly speaking, it can also mean "creating mankind".
Etymology: derived from Greek anthropos, "man" and the Greek verb root erg, "work at, create, produce".
apanthropinizaton
Withdrawal from a preoccupation with what relates to mankind.
apanthropy
1. A strong preference for solitude.
2. A kind of melancholy characterized by a dislike for human society.
aphilanthropy
1. A morbid state of melancholy in which solitude is preferred to society; anthropophobia.
2. Lacking any concern or love for mankind.
bioanthropology
A branch of anthropology that deals with humans as biological organisms, including areas; such as, primatology, human genetics, human ecology, paleoanthropology, and fields of applied anthropology including anthropometrics and forensic anthropology.
boanthropy
1. A form of madness in which a human believes herself/himself to be an ox.
2. The delusion that one is an ox.
cervanthropy
A form of insanity when people think they are wild deer (stags).
criminal anthropology
The application of anthropological studies to the possible identification of the physical and psychological characteristics of a criminal.
crinanthropist
Someone who judges or criticizes mankind.
crinanthropy
Judgment or criticism of people.
cultural anthropology, social anthropology
The scientific study of human culture or the culture of specific societies; including social structure, language, religion, art, and technology.
Links to other units that include the topic of "man", "mankind":
andro-;
homo-;
vir-.
Related "people, human" word units:
demo-;
ethno-;
ochlo-;
popu-;
publi-.