anthropomorphic
pronunciation
How to pronounce anthropomorphic in British English:
UK [ˌænθrəpəˈmɔ:fɪk]
How to pronounce anthropomorphic in American English:
US [ˌænθrəpəˈmɔrfɪk]
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- Adjective:
- suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things
Word Origin
- anthropomorphic (adj.)
- 1806, from anthropomorphous + -ic. Originally in reference to regarding God or gods as having human form and human characteristics; of animals and other things from 1858; the sect of the Antropomorfites is mentioned in English from mid-15c. (see anthropomorphite).
Example
- 1. But the anthropomorphic metaphor helps explain longer-term trends .
- 2. Third , both the form and function of technologies will become anthropomorphic .
- 3. Instead of attributing its creation to anthropomorphic gods , they sought rational explanations .
- 4. But if the anthropomorphic metaphor is too relativist , the alternative view is too rationalist .
- 5. Most children 's books and movies are anthropomorphic and I think that detaches us from animals , because we automatically think of them with fictional attributes .