Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to or characterized by anthropomorphism: as, anthropomorphic conceptions of Deity.
- Resembling man; approaching man in type; anthropoid: as, anthropomorphic apes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to anthropomorphism.
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- adjective Having the form of a man
- adjective of inanimate objects, animals, or other non-human entities Given
human attributes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things
Etymologies
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Examples
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In other words this God is strongly anthropomorphic, a Greek word whose roots mean "human" and "form."
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In other words this God is strongly anthropomorphic, a Greek word whose roots mean "human" and "form."
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In other words this God is strongly anthropomorphic, a Greek word whose roots mean "human" and "form."
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Our brains naturally incline towards interpreting stimuli -- rocks, ships, stuffed animals, clouds -- in anthropomorphic terms, and gods are no exception.
Valerie Tarico: Psychology of God: Do Christians Believe God Has Emotions?
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Our brains naturally incline towards interpreting stimuli -- rocks, ships, stuffed animals, clouds -- in anthropomorphic terms, and gods are no exception.
Valerie Tarico: Psychology of God: Do Christians Believe God Has Emotions?
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Remove the word anthropomorphic from your abuse, however, and what you have done is to characterize the traditional and Orthodox response to Hashem.
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And as far as Ibn Hazm is concerned, does not the Quran abound in anthropomorphic expressions?
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March 6th, 2008 at 12: 23 pm aiguy: If the cause of life was intelligent, it was a completely different sort of mind than ours, and to think of it in anthropomorphic terms is certainly wrong.
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Scientifically, they bear the name anthropomorphic geoglyphics.
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(For comparison, it is not uncommon for discussions of the powers of Natural Selection to speak in anthropomorphic terms about what it designs or creates, etc.
Louises commented on the word anthropomorphic
I must have been feeling something like grief (or self pity) because I took the car's responsive steering and smell of new vinyl as anthropomorphic sympathy. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.
February 29, 2012