anthroposophy

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anthroposophy^¹

/ˌænθɹəˈpɑsəfi/ US
/ˌænθɹəˈpɒsəfi/ UK

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From anthropo- + -sophy, from Renaissance Latin anthroposophia (attested in Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, d. 1535, and Thomas Vaughan, d. 1666), popularized from the 1910s via German Anthroposophie (Rudolf Steiner, 1861–1925).

noun

archaic, uncountable, as used before Rudolf Steiner Knowledge or understanding of human nature.
uncountable A philosophy founded in the early 20th century by the esotericist Rudolf Steiner (also capitalized as Anthroposophy), postulating the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world accessible to direct experience through inner development. Anthroposophy was having definite effects. I couldn't take any of this to heart. Other-worldliness tinged it all and every little while my spirit seemed to dissociate itself.

Anthroposophy^²

proper noun

Alternative letter-case form of anthroposophy

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noun philosophy

Español	antroposofía
中文	人智學 /人智学 rénzhìxué
Português	antroposofia, antropossofia
Deutsch	Anthroposophie
Italiano	antroposofia
Ελληνικά	ανθρωποσοφία anthroposofía
Română	antropozofie
Русский	антропосо́фия antroposófija

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@misc{anthroposophy_2026,
  title = {anthroposophy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anthroposophy},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}