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anthropomorphosis

[ an-thruh-puh-mawr-fuh-sis ]

noun

  1. transformation into human form.


anthropomorphosis

/ ˌæ²Ôθ°ùÉ™±èəˈ³¾É”Ë´ÚÉ™²õɪ²õ /

noun

  1. transformation into human form
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of anthropomorphosis1

First recorded in 1860–65; anthropo- + (meta)morphosis
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Anthropomorphosis, an-thrÅ-po-morf-os′is, or -morf′os-is, n. transformation into human shape.—adj.

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It is impossible not to discern here the anthropomorphosis of the four seasons.

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Watching these amazing creatures is mesmerising but, though anthropomorphosis is probably difficult to avoid when talking about an animal so closely related to humans, the narrative does seem to make a lot of assumptions about the gorilla's personal motives and emotional states.

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The inquiry into final causes is rejected as an anthropomorphosis of natural events, and deduction from efficient causes is alone accepted as scientific explanation.

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The myth of the dragon is one which admits, perhaps more than any other, of identification with a meteorological phenomenon, and presents to us as well the phase of transition from theriomorphosis to anthropomorphosis.

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