Medical term:
anthropomorphism
anthropomorphism
[an″thro-po-mor´fizm]the attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman beings and objects.
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an·thro·po·mor·phism
(an'thrō-pō-mōr'fizm),Ascription of human shape or qualities to nonhuman creatures or inanimate objects. Compare: theriomorphism.
[anthropo- + G. morphē, form]
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an·thro·po·mor·phism
(an'thrŏ-pō-mōr'fizm)Assignment of human shape or qualities to nonhuman creatures or inanimate objects.
[anthropo- + G. morphē, form]
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anthropomorphism
Attributing human characteristics to the diety, to inanimate objects, animals, or phenomena. Because of our experiential limitations and need to find explantions, however unsatisfactory, we commonly resorts to an anthropomorphic concept of anything transcendental.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
anthropomorphism
the attribution of human characteristics to animals other than man.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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