Complete Definition of "anthropomorphic"

was wotd|2006|February|25
English
Pronunciation
AHD: �n'thr�-p�-môr�fĭk
IPA|/ænθɹ�p��m�ɹfɪk/
:*Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)fɪk|-��(r)fɪk
Adjective
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#Having the form of a man
#(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.

Translations
trans-top|having the form of a man
Finnish: antropomorfinen
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trans-top|given human attributes
Finnish: antropomorfinen
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ttbc|Croatian: t-|hr|antropomorfan
ttbc|Danish: antropomorf
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ttbc|German: t+|de|anthropomorph, t-|de|menschengestaltig
ttbc|Spanish: antropomorfo
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See also
anthropomorphism
anthropologic

io:anthropomorphic
vi:anthropomorphic

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