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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
an·thro·po·mor·phism       [an-thruh-puh-mawr-fiz-uhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun
an anthropomorphic conception or representation, as of a deity.

[Origin: 1745–55; anthropo- + -morphism]

an·thro·po·mor·phist, noun
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an·thro·po·mor·phism       (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.
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
anthropomorphism

noun
the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits 

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
anthropomorphism

(an-thruh-puh-mawr-fiz-uhm) The attributing of human characteristics and purposes to inanimate objects, animals, plants, or other natural phenomena, or to God. To describe a rushing river as “angry” is to anthropomorphize it.


American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

anthropomorphism an·thro·po·mor·phism (ān'thrə-pə-môr'fĭz'əm)
n.
The attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to nonhuman organisms or inanimate objects.


an'thro·po·mor'phic adj.
an'thro·po·mor'phi·cal·ly adv.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Anthropomorphism

An`thro*po*mor"phism\, n. [Gr. ? of human form; ? man + ? form.]

1. The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections.

2. The ascription of human characteristics to things not human.

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