anthropomorphic

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WOTD - 25 February 2006    

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

  • enPR: ăn'thrə-pə-môr′fĭk
  • IPA: /ænθɹɒpəˈmɔɹfɪk/

[edit] Adjective

anthropomorphic (not comparable)

Positive
anthropomorphic

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)
  1. Having the form of a man
  2. (of inanimate objects, animals, or other non-human entities) given human attributes
    • 1909, The Quarterly Review, p. 124:
      The mystic is one to whom the unitive, pantheistic, or at least the panentheistic, aspects of the divinity are as congenial as the deistic, polytheistic, and anthropomorphic aspects are to the institutional mind.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

having the form of a man
given human attributes
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[edit] See also

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