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an·thro·po·mor·phic    Audio Help   [an-thruh-puh-mawr-fik] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.ascribing human form or attributes to a being or thing not human, esp. to a deity.
2.resembling or made to resemble a human form: an anthropomorphic carving.
Also, an·thro·po·mor·phous.


[Origin: 1820–30; anthropo- + -morphic]

an·thro·po·mor·phi·cal·ly, an·thro·po·mor·phous·ly, adverb
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an·thro·po·mor·phism    Audio Help   (ān'thrə-pə-môr'fĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena.

an'thro·po·mor'phic adj., an'thro·po·mor'phi·cal·ly adv., an'thro·po·mor'phist n.
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anthropomorphic 
1827, from anthropomorphous (1753), Anglicization of L.L. anthropomorphus "having human form," from Gk. anthropomorphos, from anthropos "human being" (see anthropo-) + morphe "form" (see morphine). Originally in reference to treating God or gods as having human form and human characteristics; of animals and other things from 1858.

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anthropomorphic

adjective
suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things 

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Anthropomorphic

An`thro*po*mor"phic\, a. Of or pertaining to anthropomorphism. --Hadley. -- An`thro*po*mor"phic*al*ly, adv.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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