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Demography Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ography

Demography has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations

"The researcher spent her career analyzing demography to understand how migration patterns were reshaping urban communities across the country."

2

The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.

"The city council commissioned a new report on demography to understand how shifting birth rates and migration patterns are altering our community's age distribution."

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sociology
Rhyming Words
sophy hyphy dunphy trophy brophy furphy graphy ralphy prophy oomphy morphy osophy adelphy atrophy rrhaphy ecosophy mcmurphy geosophy algraphy eutrophy
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