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anthropomorphism
English
Etymology
Coined in the mid-1700s. From Ancient Greek ???????? (ánthr?pos, “man, human being”) and ????? (morph?, “form, shape”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?æn???p??m??f?z?m/
Noun
anthropomorphism (countable and uncountable, plural anthropomorphisms)
- The attribution of human characteristics and behavior to something not human. [from the mid-18th c.]
- (theology) the attribution of human characteristics to divine beings
Usage notes
This term carries very different connotations when used in different contexts. In literature, anthropomorphism describes merely a device of fiction writing, whereas in science (particularly biology) anthropomorphism has traditionally been used pejoratively when a scientist appears to be attributing to animals characteristics that are assumed to be exclusive to human beings.
Antonyms
- dehumanization
Related terms
- anthropomorphic
- anthropomorphically
Translations
See also
- anthropomorphism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- prosopopoeia
- zoomorphism
- kemonomimi
- nahualism
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anthropomorphize
English
Alternative forms
- anthropomorphise (non-Oxford British spelling)
Verb
anthropomorphize (third-person singular simple present anthropomorphizes, present participle anthropomorphizing, simple past and past participle anthropomorphized)
- (transitive) To endow with human qualities.
- (transitive) To attribute human-like characteristics to (something that is non-human).
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