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anthropomorphizing

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  • verb Present participle of anthropomorphize.

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  • One characteristic of humans is to relate to animals, plants and even mechanical devices as if they are humans, what psychologists call anthropomorphizing.

    Space Shuttle Discovery to Carry Robot on Final Mission 2011

  • One characteristic of humans is to relate to animals, plants and even mechanical devices as if they are humans, what psychologists call anthropomorphizing.

    Space Shuttle Discovery to Carry Robot on Final Mission 2011

  • It doesn't matter that there involves "anthropomorphizing" to the extent of dealing with qualities such as rationality, foresight, and creativity.

    Critical Thinking Exercise 2010

  • I really don't think it's "anthropomorphizing" to say that confined animals feel a loss of freedom and its accompanying misery.

    Goodbye to Tatiana 2008

  • The problem with those games is that they were single player so if you hated anyone then you were anthropomorphizing which is a "pathetic fallacy" in which you see intelligence in something that has no consciousness.

    ***The Fall Season Preview*** EAGEAGEAG 2009

  • Next time a staffer or congressman * you like* uses Twitter to put out views that * you approve of* I'll wait for this same editorial to pop up about how awful it is when new media leads to "anthropomorphizing" of governmental institutions. hello by yavuzata on June 25, 2009 - 10: 55am

    Can We Handle New Government? A Look at State Department Outreach to Twitter HQ Scola, Nancy 2009

  • This sort of "anthropomorphizing" comes up all the time in political rhetoric about small businesses.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • This sort of "anthropomorphizing" comes up all the time in political rhetoric about small businesses.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • This sort of "anthropomorphizing" comes up all the time in political rhetoric about small businesses.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • This sort of "anthropomorphizing" comes up all the time in political rhetoric about small businesses.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

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