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DEMOGRAPHY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does demography mean?
• DEMOGRAPHY (noun)
The noun DEMOGRAPHY has 1 sense:
1. the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations
Familiarity information: DEMOGRAPHY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
demography; human ecology
Hypernyms ("demography" is a kind of...):
sociology (the study and classification of human societies)
Derivation:
demographer; demographist (a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics)
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