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ANTHROPOMORPHIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does anthropomorphize mean?
• ANTHROPOMORPHIZE (verb)
The verb ANTHROPOMORPHIZE has 1 sense:
1. ascribe human features to something
Familiarity information: ANTHROPOMORPHIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they anthropomorphize ... he / she / it anthropomorphizes
Past simple: anthropomorphized
Past participle: anthropomorphized
-ing form: anthropomorphizing
... he / she / it anthropomorphizes Past simple: anthropomorphized
Past participle: anthropomorphized
-ing form: anthropomorphizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ascribe human features to something
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
anthropomorphise; anthropomorphize
Hypernyms (to "anthropomorphize" 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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