anthroposophy
/ˌænθɹəˈpɑsəfi/
"anthroposophy" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“anthroposophy” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Knowledge or understanding of human nature.
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Index EN-anthroposophy · anthroposophy · English
anthroposophy · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anthroposophy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌænθɹəˈpɑsəfi/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “anthroposophy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
anthroposophy is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌænθɹəˈpɑsəfi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for anthroposophy in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: 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). The correct English form is anthroposophy, spelled A-N-T-H-R-O-P-O-S-O-P-H-Y.
Definition
- 1Knowledge or understanding of human nature.
- 2A 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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anthroposophy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
Etymology
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).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.