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anthropogeography|ænˌθrəʊpəʊdʒiːˈɒgrəfɪ| [f. anthropo- + geography, after G. anthropogeographie (F. Ratzel 1882).] That department of geography which treats of the relations of the earth to mankind as its inhabitants. So anthropogeographer |-ˈɒgrəfə(r)|, one versed in anthropogeography; anthropogeographic |-əʊˈgræfɪk|, -ical adjs., pertaining to anthropogeography.
1652Hermeticall Banquet 120 The new Anthropogeographicall Map. 1895Geogr. Jrnl. Oct. 375 Biogeography..has three sections—phytogeography..zoogeography..and anthropogeography, or the geography of men. a1899Brinton Basis Soc. Relat. (1902) iv. 181 Even the most determined of the ‘anthropo-geographers’ will not deny that the power over the mind which they attribute to geographical features diminishes in proportion as culture increases. 1899Geogr. Jrnl. Feb. 171 Anthropogeography is a convenient term under which to include all those aspects of geography that deal with the relations of humanity.. to the earth... ‘Applied Geography’ might be taken as an alternative term. 1939Jrnl. R. Anthrop. Inst. 45 Anthropogeographical studies in Greenland. 1940S. W. Boggs Internat. Boundaries ii. 27 The term ‘boundary’ as applied to any of the anthropogeographic types. |