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anthology

[an-thol-uh-jee]

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noun

plural

anthologies

a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject.
an anthology of Elizabethan drama; an anthology of modern philosophy.
a collection of selected writings by one author.

anthology

/ ˌænθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl, ænˈθɒlədʒɪ /

noun

a collection of literary passages or works, esp poems, by various authors
any printed collection of literary pieces, songs, works of art, etc

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Other Word Forms

anthological adjective
anthologically adverb
anthologist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anthology¹

First recorded in 1630–40; from Latin anthologia, from Greek: “collection of poems,” literally, “gathering of flowers,” from ��Գٳ�Ǳ�ó��(�ǲ�) “flower-gathering” ( antho- antho- + -logos, adjective derivative of ��é��𾱲� “to gather, recount, say, speak”) + -ia -ia

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Word History and Origins

Origin of anthology¹

C17: from Medieval Latin anthologia, from Greek, literally: a flower gathering, from anthos flower + legein to collect

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A regular contributor to the Times, Woods is a member of the National Book Critics Circle, the editor of several anthologies and four novels in the “Charlotte Justice” mystery series.

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Most viewers streamed the darkly comic anthology series from Mike White, set each season at a new luxury resort where the worst instincts of the privileged guests are unleashed.

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But he didn’t act on this thought until he was asked to write a short story for “When a Stranger Comes to Town,” a 2021 Mystery Writers of America anthology.

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The drama is created, written and directed by Noah Hawley, who has expanded the story of the 1996 film “Fargo,” transforming it into a popular and inventive anthology series.

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During the first Trump administration, the popular digital magazine Bored Panda did just that, mounting an extensive anthology of Hine’s riveting child labor photographs.

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anthologize Anthony

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