demographer

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /dɪˈmɑɡrəfɚ/ UK /dɪˈmɒɡrəfə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a specialist who studies the statistics of human populations

The demographer projected a sharp decline in the region's birth rate.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a specialist who studies... statisticiancensustaker

Word family

Related forms demography demographicdemographics

Etymology

Formed from demography plus the agentive suffix -er; from Ancient Greek dēmos ('the people') plus -graphia ('writing, description'), from graphein ('to write').

dēmos Ancient Greek graphein Ancient Greek

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# demographer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈmɑɡrəfɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈmɒɡrəfə/

## Meanings
1. a specialist who studies the statistics of human populations

## Examples
- The demographer projected a sharp decline in the region's birth rate.

## Synonyms
- statistician
- censustaker

## Related Forms
- demography
- demographic
- demographics

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dēmos
- Root: graphein

## Etymology
Formed from demography plus the agentive suffix -er; from Ancient Greek dēmos ('the people') plus -graphia ('writing, description'), from graphein ('to write').

## AI Etymology
Demographer has the etymological history Formed from demography plus the agentive suffix -er; from Ancient Greek dēmos ('the people') plus -graphia ('writing, description'), from graphein ('to write'). The ancestry passes through Ancient Greek dēmos and Ancient Greek graphein. The suffix -er marks an agent, instrument, or associated person, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a noun, it means "a specialist who studies the statistics of human populations", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include demography, demographic, and demographics.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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