anthology en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ænˈθɒlədʒi/ (UK)
- (US) audio
- /ænˈθɑləd͡ʒi/ (US)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”), from ἀνθολογέω (anthologéō, “I gather flowers”), from ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”) + λέγω (légō, “I gather, pick up, collect”), coined by Meleager of Gadara circa 60 BCE, originally as Στέφανος (στέφανος (stéphanos, “garland”)) to describe a collection of poetry, later retitled anthology – see Greek Anthology. Anthologiai were collections of small Greek poems and epigrams, because in Greek culture the flower symbolized the finer sentiments that only poetry can express. By surface analysis, antho- + -logy.
Meanings
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A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors.
Malkin and Stacks, along with Robert Dallek, James McPherson and other contributors to the anthology (edited by Robert Cowley) take such questions as the jumping-off points for exercises in counterfactuality, the historian's term for speculation about how the past might have unfolded if a particular event had happened otherwise.
2004 September 5, Laura Miller, “Imagine”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2021:
- (attributive) A work or series containing various stories with no direct relation to one another.
- (broadly) An assortment of things.
- The study of flowers.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| anthologies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
anthologist · anthological · anthologization · anthologize · anthologer · patristic anthology · anthologizer
Relateds
Translations (77)
fi runokokoelma (collection of literary works) · eo antologio (collection of literary works) · ko 문선 (collection of literary works) · de Auslese (assortment of things) · cs klasobraní (collection of literary works) · is safnrit (collection of literary works) · gl escolma (collection of literary works) · pt antologia (collection of literary works) · he אנתולוגיה (collection of literary works) · vi văn tuyển (collection of literary works) · io antologio (collection of literary works) · id bunga rampai (collection of literary works) · ast antoloxía (collection of literary works) · lt antologija (collection of literary works) · sh antologija (assortment of things) · ru хрестома́тия (collection of literary works) · de Sammelband (collection of literary works) · fi antologia (assortment of things) · sw diwani (collection of literary works) · wa antolodjeye (collection of literary works) · yi זאַמלבוך (collection of literary works) · ja アンソロジー (collection of literary works) · es florilegio (collection of literary works) · fi antologia (collection of literary works) · ja 詩集 (collection of literary works) · nl bloemlezing (collection of literary works) · nb antologi (collection of literary works) · ro antologie (collection of literary works) · cmn 選集 /选集 (collection of literary works) · sk výber (collection of literary works) · grc ἀνθολογία (collection of literary works) · es antología (collection of literary works) · pl antologia (collection of literary works) · it antologia (collection of literary works) · tr antoloji (collection of literary works) · fr anthologie (collection of literary works) · fa گلچین (collection of literary works) · sk antológia (collection of literary works) · ko 명시 선집 (collection of literary works) · sv antologi (collection of literary works) · ar تَجْمِيعَة (collection of literary works) · fa گلشناسی (study of flowers) · el ανθολογία (collection of literary works) · cs výbor (collection of literary works) · pt antologia (assortment of things) · de Blütenlese (collection of literary works) · cs výběr (collection of literary works) · af bloemlesing (collection of literary works) · ko 문집 (collection of literary works) · da antologi (collection of literary works) · uk антоло́гія (collection of literary works) · sh antologija (collection of literary works) · is sýnisbók (collection of literary works) · id antologi (collection of literary works) · de Anthologie (collection of literary works) · ha diwani (collection of literary works) · gd cruinneachadh (collection of literary works) · gd cruinneachadh (assortment of things) · de Spicilegium (collection of literary works) · it florilegio (collection of literary works) · ja 選集 (collection of literary works) · ru антоло́гия (collection of literary works) · cs antologie (collection of literary works) · fr florilège (collection of literary works) · cmn 詩集 /诗集 (collection of literary works) · yi אַנטאָלאָגיע (collection of literary works) · lv antoloģija (collection of literary works) · ko 시집 (collection of literary works) · cy blodeugerdd (collection of literary works) · sv samlingsutgåva (collection of literary works) · ms antologi (collection of literary works) · gl antoloxía (collection of literary works) · cmn 文選 /文选 (collection of literary works) · be антало́гія (collection of literary works) · ar دِيوَان (collection of literary works) · kmr antolojî (collection of literary works) · ca antologia (collection of literary works)