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ANTHROPOMORPHISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anthropomorphism mean? 

ANTHROPOMORPHISM (noun)
  The noun ANTHROPOMORPHISM has 1 sense:

1. the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traitsplay

  Familiarity information: ANTHROPOMORPHISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANTHROPOMORPHISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

anthropomorphism; theanthropism

Hypernyms ("anthropomorphism" is a kind of...):

representational process (any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else)

Derivation:

anthropomorphise; anthropomorphize (ascribe human features to something)


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