anthropomorphism

anthropomorphism
The representation of Gods, or nature, or non-human animals, as having human form, or as having human thoughts and intentions. Sometimes this is avowedly metaphorical, the problem being to understand for what it is a metaphor.

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  • Anthropomorphism — is the attribution of uniquely human characteristics to non human creatures and beings, natural and supernatural phenomena, material states and objects or abstract concepts. Subjects for anthropomorphism commonly include animals and plants… …   Wikipedia

  • Anthropomorphism —     Anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphites     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphites     (anthropos, man, and morphe, form).     A term used in its widest sense to signify the tendency of man to conceive the activities of the …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • ANTHROPOMORPHISM — ANTHROPOMORPHISM, the attribution to God of human physical form or psychological characteristics. Anthropomorphism is a normal phenomenon in all primitive and ancient polytheistic religions. In Jewish literary sources from the Bible to the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Anthropomorphism — An thro*po*mor phism, n. [Gr. ? of human form; ? man + morfh form.] 1. The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections. [1913 Webster] 2. The ascription of human… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • anthropomorphism — (n.) 1753, attributing of human qualities to a deity; see ANTHROPOMORPHIC (Cf. anthropomorphic) + ISM (Cf. ism). Of other non human things, from 1858. Related: Anthropomorphist (1610s) …   Etymology dictionary

  • anthropomorphism — [an΄thrə pō môr′fiz΄əm, an΄thrə pō΄ môr′fiz΄əm, an΄thrəpəmôr′fiz΄əm] n. the attributing of human shape or characteristics to a god, animal, or inanimate thing anthropomorphist [an΄thrə pō môr′fist, an΄thrə pə môr′fist] n …   English World dictionary

  • anthropomorphism — anthropomorphist, n. /an threuh peuh mawr fiz euhm/, n. an anthropomorphic conception or representation, as of a deity. [1745 55; ANTHROPO + MORPHISM] * * * ▪ religion  the interpretation of nonhuman things or events in terms of human… …   Universalium

  • anthropomorphism — [[t]æ̱nθrəpəmɔ͟ː(r)fɪzəm[/t]] N UNCOUNT Anthropomorphism is the idea that an animal, a god, or an object has feelings or characteristics like those of a human being …   English dictionary

  • anthropomorphism —    This word (from the Greek, anthrōpos, meaning human being, and morphē, meaning form ) refers to a description of nonhuman phenomena in human terms. In a theological context, anthropomorphism refers to the description of the divine in human… …   Glossary of theological terms

  • anthropomorphism — anthropomorphic ► ADJECTIVE 1) attributing human form or feelings to a god, animal, or object. 2) having human characteristics. DERIVATIVES anthropomorphism noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphites — • A term used in its widest sense to signify the tendency of man to conceive the activities of the external world as the counterpart of his own Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

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