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anthroponomy, n. rare.|ænθrəˈpɒnəmɪ|
[f. anthropo- + -nomy. Cf. F. anthroponomie (A. Brillat-Savarin Physiol. du Goût (1826) II. 31), which, however, seems to be unconnected with the earliest recorded Eng. use.]
A name proposed by several writers for the study of human function or behaviour, in various spec. senses.
1857Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. (rev. ed.) 71/1 Anthroponomy.., a knowledge of the special laws which preside over the functions of the human body in action. 1884A. Lalauze tr. Brillat-Savarin's Physiologie du Goût xix. 283 Certain uncommon phenomena accompany sometimes sleep and dreams; their examination may serve to advance the progress of anthroponomy. [Note] One of the words coined by our author, meaning ‘the knowledge of man’. 1925W. S. Hunter in Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. XXXVI. 286 In the present paper we shall seek to justify the use of a new name for the scientific study of human nature...Anthroponomy is the science of the laws which govern human action—the science of human nature. 1966in Random House Dict. |