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Anthropomorphism

//ˌænθɹəpəˈmɔɹfɪzəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The attribution of human characteristics and behavior to something nonhuman. countable, uncountable

    "Literature is full of examples of anthropomorphism, especially in children’s stories, from The Wind in the Willows to Watership Down."

  2. 2
    the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits wordnet
  3. 3
    The attribution of human characteristics to divine entities. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Coined in the mid-1700s. From Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, human”) and μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”). By surface analysis, anthropo- + -morphism.

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