anthropomorphic
English
WOTD – 25 February 2006
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌænθɹəʊpəʊˈmɔːfɪk/
- (US) enPR: ăn'thrə-pə-môr′fĭk, IPA(key): /ˌænθɹəpəˈmɔɹfɪk/
Audio (US): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)fɪk
Adjective
anthropomorphic (not comparable)
- Having the form of a human.
- Synonym: anthropomorphous
- (of anything non-human) Having attributes or characteristics of a human being.
- 1909, “The Quarterly Review”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 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.
Derived terms
Translations
having the form of a person
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given human attributes
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