Comparison of Anthropology Definitions

 The Oxford Concise Dictionary 4th Edition. 1950
Anthropology whole science of man; physiological and psychological science of man; study of man as an animal.
 A New General English Dictionary 1765
Anthropology a discourse, dissertation, or description of the whole man, both soul and body: divines call that manner of speaking of God by attributing to him hands, feet, eyes, &c by this name.
 The Large Type Concise English Dictionary No date, circa 60s
Anthropology The science of man and mankind, including the study of the physical and mental constitution of man or his whole nature, as exhibited both in the present and the past.
 Pocket Oxford Dictionary 1st Edition 1934
Anthropology whole science of man; physiological and psychological; study of man as an animal.
 The Penguin English Dictionary 3rd edition 1979
Anthropology science of the nature of man, embracing his physiological aspects, his racial characteristics, and his social and religious development.
 Dictionary of Psychology 2nd Edition 1985
Anthropology science of the nature of man, including his physical characteristics, his cultures and his races. Broadly Anthropology is divided into physical anthropology which includes the study of anatomy and the anthropometric characteristics of various groups, and cultural anthropology which is the study of non-literate cultures.
Macquarie Concise Dictionary 3rd Edition 1998
Anthropology the study that deals with the origin, development (physical, intellectual, cultural, moral, etc.) and varieties of humanity. 2. the study of humanity’s agreement with and divergence from other animals. 3. the science of human beings and their works.
 The King’s English Dictionary No Date circa. 1920s
Anthropology the natural history of the human species.

 The New Imperial Reference Dictionary No Date circa. 1940s
Anthropology the science of man in its widest sense.