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anthropomorphous

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an⋅thro⋅po⋅mor⋅phic

  [an-thruh-puh-mawr-fik]
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–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

Related forms:
an⋅thro⋅po⋅mor⋅phi⋅cal⋅ly, an⋅thro⋅po⋅mor⋅phous⋅ly, adverb
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an·thro·po·mor·phous   (ān'thrə-pə-môr'fəs)   
adj.  

  1. Having or suggesting human form and appearance.

  2. Ascribing human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to things not human, such as inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena.

an'thro·po·mor'phous·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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