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ANTHROPOMORPHISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does anthropomorphise mean?
• ANTHROPOMORPHISE (verb)
The verb ANTHROPOMORPHISE has 1 sense:
1. ascribe human features to something
Familiarity information: ANTHROPOMORPHISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they anthropomorphise
... he / she / it anthropomorphises
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Past simple: anthropomorphised
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Past participle: anthropomorphised
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-ing form: anthropomorphising
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Past simple: anthropomorphised
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Past participle: anthropomorphised
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-ing form: anthropomorphising
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Sense 1
Meaning:
Ascribe human features to something
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
anthropomorphise; anthropomorphize
Hypernyms (to "anthropomorphise" is one way to...):
ascribe; assign; attribute; impute (attribute or credit to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Derivation:
anthropomorphism (the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits)
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