anthropogeographyn.
/ˌanθrəpədʒɪˈɒɡrəfi/, /ˌanθrəpəˈdʒɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌænθrəˌpoʊdʒiˈɑɡrəfi/, /ˌænθrəpəˌdʒiˈɑɡrəfi/ The part of geography concerned with the relations of the earth to human populations, especially in the past; the anthropological aspects of human geography. Cf. human geography n. at human adj. and n. Compounds 1b.
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anthropogeography1885
1885 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 7 539 Professor Ratzel makes some thoughtful remarks on the elements of ‘Anthropogeography’.
1895 Geogr. Jrnl. Oct. 375 Biogeography..has three sections—phytogeography..zoogeography..and anthropogeography, or the geography of men.
1975 Rev. Amer. Hist. 3 48 He was careful to distinguish between anthropography..and anthropogeography (the attempt to explain the character and habits of a people by their environment).
2004 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 94 16/2 The transition from anthropogeography to economic/commercial geography removed women's lives from geographic attention.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1885- to take the freedom to do something
- to take the full count
- to take the gaff
- to take the gate
- to take the gauge of
- to take the gee
- to take the gilt off the gingerbread
- to spring as gleed
- to spring forth
- to spring into action
- to spring into being
- to spring one'a rattle
- to spring one's luff
- to spring one's rattle
- to spring or be sprung of a stone
- to spring or be sprung of stone
- to spring or be sprung of the stone
- to spring out of
- to spring out of a person
- to spring something out of
- to spring something out of a person
- to spring to a conclusion
- to spring to a person's defence
- to spring to defence
- to spring to life