different between nahualism vs anthropomorphism

English

Alternative forms

• nagualism

Etymology

nahual +? -ism. The first element is from Nahuatl nahualli (“sorcerer, spirit, animal form a person may take”).

Noun

nahualism (uncountable)

1. The Mesoamerican belief that (certain) human beings can transform into animals.

See also

• nahual (nagual)
• tonal (tona, tonalli)
• skinwalking

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)

1. The attribution of human characteristics and behavior to something not human. [from the mid-18th c.]
2. (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