anthropomorphic
or an·thro·po·mor·phous
[an-thruh-puh-mawr-fik]
- ascribing human form or attributes to a being or thing not human, especially to a deity.
- resembling or made to resemble a human form: an anthropomorphic carving.
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Origin of anthropomorphic
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Examples from the Web for anthropomorphic
Contemporary Examples
Totes, T-shirts, and an anthropomorphic stuffed rat are for sale at the gift shop.
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July 10, 2014
Historical Examples
It was anthropomorphic of O'Donnell to see the leech as an enemy.
The LeechPhillips Barbee
Although he has a strong personality he has no anthropomorphic features.
The Evolution of the DragonG. Elliot Smith
The Idealists were of an anthropomorphic race, dark-skinned like the terran Indian.
Cubs of the WolfRaymond F. Jones
This is only another form of the anthropomorphic conceptions of deity.
Critical Miscellanies, Vol. IJohn Morley
His language is not to be waved aside as anthropomorphic and antiquated.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2Alexander Maclaren
anthropomorphic
- of or relating to anthropomorphism
- resembling the human form
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Word Origin and History for anthropomorphic
adj.
1806, from anthropomorphous + -ic. Originally in reference to regarding God or gods as having human form and human characteristics; of animals and other things from 1858; the sect of the Antropomorfites is mentioned in English from mid-15c. (see anthropomorphite).
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