anthropomorphic

or an·thro·po·mor·phous

[an-thruh-puh-mawr-fik]

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adjective

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.

Origin of anthropomorphic

First recorded in 1820–30; anthropo- + -morphic

Related formsan·thro·po·mor·phi·cal·ly, an·thro·po·mor·phous·ly, adverb

Can be confusedanthropocentric anthropomorphic homocentric

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Related Words for anthropomorphic

humanlike, anthropoid, anthropomorphous, humanoid

Examples from the Web for anthropomorphic

Contemporary Examples of anthropomorphic

Totes, T-shirts, and an anthropomorphic stuffed rat are for sale at the gift shop.
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Nina Strochlic
July 10, 2014

Historical Examples of anthropomorphic

It was anthropomorphic of O'Donnell to see the leech as an enemy.
The Leech
Phillips Barbee
Although he has a strong personality he has no anthropomorphic features.
The Evolution of the Dragon
G. Elliot Smith
The Idealists were of an anthropomorphic race, dark-skinned like the terran Indian.
Cubs of the Wolf
Raymond F. Jones
This is only another form of the anthropomorphic conceptions of deity.
Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I
John Morley
His language is not to be waved aside as anthropomorphic and antiquated.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2
Alexander Maclaren

British Dictionary definitions for anthropomorphic

anthropomorphic

adjective

of or relating to anthropomorphism
resembling the human form

Derived Formsanthropomorph, nounanthropomorphically, adverb

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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).