Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The study of the characteristics of human populations, such as size, growth, density, distribution, and vital statistics.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That department of anthropology which relates to vital and social statistics and their application to the comparative study of races and of nations.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The study of vital statistics, such as births, deaths, marriages, mortality, health, etc., in populations and subgroups of populations.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The study of
human populations , and how theychange .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One of the harsh truths people don't want to accept is what I call the demography of apart - heid.
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As someone with a background in demography I found these population pyramids frightening.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Comparative Demographic Charts on Aging Populations 2010
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Because Faux viewers demography is so elderly, the amount of time spent in front of the wide screen droolmaker is exaggerated.
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But I reject this idea that demography is destiny.
Dr. Jim Taylor: Failing Students, Not Failing Schools Dr. Jim Taylor 2010
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In the United States as in Israel, demography is not Israel's friend.
MJ Rosenberg: Young Jews Fed Up With Israel Says Tom Friedman MJ Rosenberg 2010
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Ongoing research on the resident population is focused on analysis of land use and activities, large-scale trends in demography, subsistence and environmental impacts.
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Since the lead in to Texas and Ohio on March 4 when the candidates 'respective coalitions seemed to harden even further, the final stretch run of the Democratic primary has epitomized the phrase, "demography is destiny."
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He kept hammering out posts about why "demography is political destiny", and why everyone else were ostriches but he was Paul Revere ... etc.
Archive 2008-07-01 2008
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He kept hammering out posts about why "demography is political destiny", and why everyone else were ostriches but he was Paul Revere ... etc.
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As usual, Steyn was over the top on a number of points, but his base argument that demography is destiny is indisputable.
Balkinization 2007
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