Anthropomorphosis
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Transformation into a human form. countable, uncountable
"He’s best known for his views of aristocratic race horses, seen purely as beautiful animals with no attempt at anthropomorphosis, but he painted other mammals too, dogs, lions, tigers, oxen, monkeys and humans."
Example
More examples"He’s best known for his views of aristocratic race horses, seen purely as beautiful animals with no attempt at anthropomorphosis, but he painted other mammals too, dogs, lions, tigers, oxen, monkeys and humans."
Etymology
From anthropo- + morphosis.
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