anthropomorphize
verb (used with or without object)
to ascribe human form or attributes to (an animal, plant, material object, etc.).
anthropomorphise
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a variation of
anthropomorphize.
Example Sentences
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I try hard not to anthropomorphise them, but it’s almost impossible, given the sacred language of fertility clinics with their walls of scan printouts and gurning newborns.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 18, 2014
If Apple customers have an embarrassing tendency to anthropomorphise their gadgets, that is because Apple has explored the possibilities of the human mind and body more thoroughly than any of its competitors.
From Salon ● May 11, 2013
The robot's face they left as a visor, smooth and featureless, on the premise that humans will anthropomorphise anything.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2013
Humans like to anthropomorphise animals, of course, but certain animals – among them pandas, penguins and owls – seem to meet us halfway.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2010
If man is a microcosm then kosmos is a megalanthrope and that is how we come to anthropomorphise the deity.
From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler
