Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or suggesting human form and appearance.
- adjective Ascribing human motivation, characteristics, or behavior to things not human, such as inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Anthropomorphic; anthropoid in form: as, an anthropomorphous ape.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective resembling a
human being - adjective describing an
animal orinanimate object using human characteristics; seeanthropomorphism
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things
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Examples
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At the same time the anthropomorphous apes, as Professor Schaaffhausen has remarked, will no doubt be exterminated.
John Farrell: Bad Faith (in Science): Darwin as All-Purpose Boogey Man? 2010
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At the same time the anthropomorphous apes, as Professor Schaaffhausen has remarked, will no doubt be exterminated.
John Farrell: Bad Faith (in Science): Darwin as All-Purpose Boogey Man? John Farrell 2010
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I didn't light that candle or dedicate my book to Tatiana out of anthropomorphous sentimentality.
Suzanne Rivecca: Letting The Tiger Out: How A Zoo Tragedy Helped Me Write My Book Suzanne Rivecca 2010
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At the same time the anthropomorphous apes, as Professor Schaaffhausen has remarked, will no doubt be exterminated.
John Farrell: Bad Faith (in Science): Darwin as All-Purpose Boogey Man? John Farrell 2010
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At the same time the anthropomorphous apes, as Professor Schaaffhausen has remarked, will no doubt be exterminated.
John Farrell: Bad Faith (in Science): Darwin as All-Purpose Boogey Man? 2010
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I didn't light that candle or dedicate my book to Tatiana out of anthropomorphous sentimentality.
Suzanne Rivecca: Letting The Tiger Out: How A Zoo Tragedy Helped Me Write My Book 2010
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The main characters are fittingly namedHorse,Indian or “Indien”, and Cowboy, a trio of unlikely roommates in the shape of anthropomorphous, waxy toys.
Movie Review: A Town Called Panic (My Choice for Best Animated Film of 2009) | /Film 2010
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At the same time the anthropomorphous apes, as Professor Schaaffhausen has remarked, will no doubt be exterminated.
John Farrell: Bad Faith (in Science): Darwin as All-Purpose Boogey Man? 2010
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Love is... eerily anthropomorphous flesh-colored shapes staring blankly out with their dead eyes.
Inappropriate, Much? Jen 2008
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At the same time the anthropomorphous apes … will no doubt be exterminated.
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