Anthropomorphism Definition

ănthrə-pə-môrfĭzəm
noun
Attribution of human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena.
American Heritage
The attributing of human shape or characteristics to a god, animal, or inanimate thing.
Webster's New World

The attribution of human characteristics or behavior to that which isn't human. [from the mid-18th c.]

Wiktionary

(theology) The attribution of human characteristics to divine beings.

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anthropomorphism
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anthropomorphisms

Origin of Anthropomorphism

  • Coined in the mid-1700s. From Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos, “man, human being”) +‎ -morphism

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