| 单词 | demography |
| 释义 | demography (once / 26561 pages) n Do you know the population growth rate of your city? The education levels of everyone on your block? Then you're a fan of demography, the branch of sociology that studies human behavior by analyzing statistical information. The word demography comes from two ancient Greek words, demos, meaning "the people," and graphy, meaning "writing about or recoding something" — so literally demography means "writing about the people." Like many branches of the sciences, demography began in the 19th century, when the general craze for cataloging information about the world really took off (think Darwin.) A common related word is demographics, referring to the raw statistical data that's used for analysis. WORD FAMILYdemography: demographer, demographist+/demographer: demographers/demographist: demographists USAGE EXAMPLESThey start with all the other factors that drive change, from wealth distribution and education to demography, politics, the environment and media. Wall Street Journal(Jan 01, 2017) What blocks the two-state solution is not demography, but a failure of leadership among Israelis and Palestinians. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) American power is upheld by three pillars: geography, demography and influence. Salon(Nov 20, 2016) n the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations Syn|Hyper human ecology sociology the study and classification of human societies |
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