Prosopography
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prosopography is a noun meaning A study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships.
Meaning
A study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships.
Example Sentences
Since it would be a daunting task to subject the entire profession to audit, he chose to pursue the prosopography of the manageable subset of financial economists who had presented themselves as "faceless" representatives of the orthodox economics discipline, either through the Squam Lake Group (covered above) or the Pew Economic Policy Group Financial Reform Project.
Word Forms
- prosopographies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include idiography, prosoponology, prosodics, ethnoecology, anthropogeography, sociotopography.
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