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Anthropomorphize

//ˌanθɹəpəˈmɔːfʌɪz// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To endow with human qualities. transitive
  2. 2
    ascribe human features to something wordnet
  3. 3
    To attribute human-like characteristics to (something that is non-human). transitive

    "Bonnie Lucas further anthropomorphizes the flower in her watercolors, combining it surreally with the human female figure[…]"

Etymology

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

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