anthropomorphism

Meanings

Plural: anthropomorphisms

Noun

the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits
The attribution of human characteristics and behavior to something not human.
The attribution of human characteristics to divine entities.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

theanthropism

Antonyms

dehumanization

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