| Term | Definition |
| anthropos | human being |
| andros | male, man |
| centrum | center |
| anthropocentric | view of universe that places human beings at its center |
| oid | resembling |
| android | possess some human features but is itself not human |
| mis | to hate |
| philos | love |
| misanthropist | one who hates humankind |
| philanthropist | one having an endearing affection for humankind which is manifested by the charitable financial aid/ donations |
| morphe | shape, form |
| anthropomorphic | to attribute human form to that which is not human |
| philander | a man who loves too many women at one time |
| poly | many |
| polyandry | a marital state wherein a woman has more that one husband at a single time |
| anthropoid | resembling human beings (chimps, orangutangs, gorillas) |
| logos | study of |
| anthropology | a science that deals with the origin of humanity's physical, social, and cultural development |