Definitions
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- adj. Having the form of a man
- adj. Given human attributes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Of or pertaining to anthropomorphism.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Relating to or characterized by anthropomorphism: as, anthropomorphic conceptions of Deity.
- Resembling man; approaching man in type; anthropoid: as, anthropomorphic apes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things
Etymologies
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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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.
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However, if the charge of anthropomorphism is the charge that the attributer is making a category mistake, then the charge is being made on conceptual, rather than empirical grounds; hence the worry that refusing to attribute so-called anthropomorphic properties without first examining whether they might be held by members of any other species is unscientific
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Gnolls are a fictional race of humanoid creatures, usually described as anthropomorphic hyenas.
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At nineteen, I loathed him, but the Littles loved him to death, and today I am chagrined and amused to find that he's more than an over-sold brand name anthropomorphic train.
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