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  • adjective rare Alternative form of anthropomorphic.

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anthro- + -morphic

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Examples

  • (In general, I hate cute anthromorphic robots, but these are not cute and only optionally anthroporphic, and I was entirely satisfied by their psychology.)

    August Books 1) To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee nwhyte 2009

  • This anthromorphic deity of Abel Ah Yo thundering the modern

    WHEN ALICE TOLD HER SOUL 2010

  • It also used a highly muscular anthromorphic tiger as the second-most prominent character, which probably would have scared me away because it kind of looks like furry porn.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Do You Have Any Writing Questions? 2008

  • At one point, people believed in an anthromorphic god who apparently talked to people and got mad a lot.

    Ken Schenck on The Chicago Declaration on Biblical Inerrancy James F. McGrath 2009

  • This sounds anthromorphic as hell, but could this be evidence of cross-species commonalities and sensitivities?

    Russell Shaw: Sometimes, Our Special Pets Understand Us More Than We Realize 2008

  • Certainly some people have come up with some entertaining anthromorphic theories in which fate has a direction or it is the universe itself pushing us in one direction or another, or perhaps humans are all connected at some psychic level.

    Archive 2008-06-01 josh 2008

  • Certainly some people have come up with some entertaining anthromorphic theories in which fate has a direction or it is the universe itself pushing us in one direction or another, or perhaps humans are all connected at some psychic level.

    New ideas josh 2008

  • The results also weaken the belief that present-day atmospheric CO2 increases must be anthromorphic -- human-induced.

    Let's re-evaluate the role of CO2.... GayandRight 2007

  • The results also weaken the belief that present-day atmospheric CO2 increases must be anthromorphic -- human-induced.

    Archive 2007-10-01 GayandRight 2007

  • While it is not fair to say that the words of Gaiman could stand without the accompanying art for support, the philosophical points he makes through these "anthromorphic personifications" provoke thought among its readers, thus making it a highly acclaimed cult classic.

    Draft: Sidney Arguments fantasyecho 2005

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