anthroposophical

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Relating to a spiritual teaching by Rudolf Steiner that focuses on human inner growth

adjective
/ˌænθrəpəˈsɑfɪkəl/

Specialized

: antroposófico

And when we finally arrive, we find an anthroposophical hedgehog in place, saying 'Boo! I've been here ages!'

Examples

The lecture on anthroposophical philosophy highlighted how it encourages individuals to explore their spiritual potentials.
Many parents are drawn to anthroposophical education as it nurtures the child's spiritual and creative development.
Some studies also reported that parents who visit anthroposophical child welfare centers explained that healthy children do not require vaccination, and that alternative prevention methods should be favored as the immune system is not developed enough to handle vaccines.

Academic text (2017)
These systems (in addition to homeopathy, anthroposophical medicine, cranial osteopathy, and traditional chiropractic) use very different notions from those of conventional medicine.

Academic text (2001)
Several practitioners in the community promote anthroposophical health practices that focus on holistic well-being.

Surface Forms

anthroposophical positive

Morphology

anthroposophical = anthroposophy (transparent) = anthroposophy + ical

Formed by standard adjective derivation from the noun 'anthroposophy' with the productive suffix '-ical', so the adjective means 'relating to anthroposophy'.

Etymology

Anthroposophical comes from Greek parts anthropos ('human') and sophia ('wisdom'), so it means 'wisdom about humans' and is like anthropology ('study of people') and philosophy ('love of wisdom'). So, anthroposophical describes the spiritual teaching of Rudolf Steiner that looks at human spiritual growth.