anthropomorphic

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1. anthropomorphic - Adjective

2. anthropomorphic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of or pertaining to anthropomorphism.

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Science has fairly turned us out of our comfortable little anthropomorphic notion of things into the great out-of-doors of the universe. We must and will get used to the chill, yea, to the cosmic chill, if need be. Our religious instincts will be all the hardier for it. John Burroughs

Hephaistos bears in Homer the double stamp of a Nature-Power, representing the element of fire, and of an anthropomorphic deity who is the god of art at a period when the only fine art known was in works of metal produced by the aid of fire. William Ewart Gladstone

It is not more anthropomorphic to postulate the existence of mental states in certain animals than it is to compare their anatomy, their nervous system, and their physiology to ours. When an animal is visibly joyous or sad, why not call things by their names? Matthieu Ricard

In the priestly life of all anthropomorphic cults the marks of a vicarious consumption of time are visible. Thorstein Veblen

There's a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called 'funny animal scrolls' were the first narratives in Japanese history, and the heroes of many folk tales have animals as their companions. Stan Sakai

I don't believe in the anthropomorphic God. ... I have four daughters and eight grandchildren. My soul lives on in them. That's immortality. That's the only immortality I care about. Ray Bradbury

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