Anthropomorphise

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anthropomorphize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard

    "Certainly we seem to readily anthropomorphise inanimate objects […]"

  2. 2
    ascribe human features to something wordnet

Synonyms

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anthropomorphizeanthropomorphize

Example

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"Certainly we seem to readily anthropomorphise inanimate objects […]"

Etymology

By surface analysis, anthropo- + morph + -ise.

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