Anthropomorphic
adjective
Attributing human characteristics to non-human things.
In the movie, the characters were represented in anthropomorphic forms, such as talking animals.
Often appears as...
- anthropomorphic animals
- anthropomorphic characteristics
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Formal
adjective
Imagining a deity or a god having human form or traits.
The ancient Greeks worshipped anthropomorphic gods, visualizing them in human form.
Often appears as...
- anthropomorphic deities
- anthropomorphic representations
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Formal
Academic
adjective
Attributing human characteristics to non-human things.
In the movie, the characters were represented in anthropomorphic forms, such as talking animals.
Often appears as...
- anthropomorphic animals
- anthropomorphic characteristics
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Imagining a deity or a god having human form or traits.
The ancient Greeks worshipped anthropomorphic gods, visualizing them in human form.
Often appears as...
- anthropomorphic deities
- anthropomorphic representations
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Common in Fables
Folktales often have anthropomorphic animals to teach life lessons through relatable stories.
The cunning fox in the fable speaks and acts in anthropomorphic ways.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Animals
Anthropomorphic traits can be given to objects or concepts, like a talking clock or the personification of death.
The movie depicted an anthropomorphic wind whispering secrets to the protagonist.
Pro Tip 3/3Creative Descriptions
Authors use anthropomorphic elements to add liveliness to inanimate objects or nature in their descriptions.
The old house groaned and sighed, its anthropomorphic creaks adding to the spooky atmosphere.
Pro Tip 1/3Common in Fables
Folktales often have anthropomorphic animals to teach life lessons through relatable stories.
The cunning fox in the fable speaks and acts in anthropomorphic ways.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Animals
Anthropomorphic traits can be given to objects or concepts, like a talking clock or the personification of death.
The movie depicted an anthropomorphic wind whispering secrets to the protagonist.
Pro Tip 3/3Creative Descriptions
Authors use anthropomorphic elements to add liveliness to inanimate objects or nature in their descriptions.
The old house groaned and sighed, its anthropomorphic creaks adding to the spooky atmosphere.
Pro Tip 1/3Common in Fables
Folktales often have anthropomorphic animals to teach life lessons through relatable stories.
The cunning fox in the fable speaks and acts in anthropomorphic ways.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Animals
Anthropomorphic traits can be given to objects or concepts, like a talking clock or the personification of death.
The movie depicted an anthropomorphic wind whispering secrets to the protagonist.
Pro Tip 3/3Creative Descriptions
Authors use anthropomorphic elements to add liveliness to inanimate objects or nature in their descriptions.
The old house groaned and sighed, its anthropomorphic creaks adding to the spooky atmosphere.
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Every Animal Deserves a...
in conservation actually because we can reach so many people but we can also read their minds we can see how long they linger on things how many likes how many times these things are shared we can literally read their minds they like this they like things that look like us they like anthropomorphic animals they like them cute and weird there's a
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Filming Birds of...
this he's practiced he's tried to the point where other males will come in and have a look and go you know this is pretty good some adults will come in and go wow he's got some moves you know i should i should remember that and you know i'm being anthropomorphic but not too anthropology they really do remember what's impressive what seems to
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A New Age of Exploration...
that look like us they're anthropomorphic they're weird they look like they're from another planet they're colorful their charismatic whatever it takes that's the goal of the photo arc to get the public engaged first to learn about these things after all we can't save something if we don't know it
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The Secret Life of...
life can be people tend to see plants as boring because they are you know fixed in the soil they can't really move and then they're not um anthropomorphic in any way like animals are we can't really relate to them but in a way you could you could think of that rootedness as as a source of uh
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A brief history of...
In each case, iconographic reference is employed as a form of reverence. Anthropomorphic representation, or depiction in human form, eventually became widespread in these religions only centuries later, under the influence of the cultural traditions surrounding them. Historically speaking,
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Pedestrian Crash Test...
tibia that's consumable that's replaceable in between tests if it is to break the ribs actually use a different type of sensor than their normal dummy the arm has better range of motion it's just more anthropomorphic ly correct than an actual dummy that you'd use in a
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Depressed dogs, cats...
So when it comes to your dog or your cat or maybe your one-armed monkey that you happen to know, if you think that they are traumatized or depressed, you're probably right. This is extremely anthropomorphic, or the assignation of human characteristics
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Bring on the female...
It's a film that absolutely should not work. Nobody knew who they were except for comic book nerds like me. One of the characters is a talking tree. One of the characters is an anthropomorphic raccoon. It should not work.
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Ancient Greece 101 PIPE...
of many anthropomorphic deities, helped shape the spiritual beliefs of the Etruscans and, later, the ancient Romans. Greek philosophy, which explored matters of reason, ethics, and natural law influenced
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Should Primates be Kept...
I think social media has a huge role to play. There's lots of videos that get shared on social media of primates either being kept as pets or in very anthropomorphic settings.
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Every Animal Deserves a...
in conservation actually because we can reach so many people but we can also read their minds we can see how long they linger on things how many likes how many times these things are shared we can literally read their minds they like this they like things that look like us they like anthropomorphic animals they like them cute and weird there's a
Video examples
Filming Birds of...
this he's practiced he's tried to the point where other males will come in and have a look and go you know this is pretty good some adults will come in and go wow he's got some moves you know i should i should remember that and you know i'm being anthropomorphic but not too anthropology they really do remember what's impressive what seems to
Video examples
A New Age of Exploration...
that look like us they're anthropomorphic they're weird they look like they're from another planet they're colorful their charismatic whatever it takes that's the goal of the photo arc to get the public engaged first to learn about these things after all we can't save something if we don't know it
Video examples
The Secret Life of...
life can be people tend to see plants as boring because they are you know fixed in the soil they can't really move and then they're not um anthropomorphic in any way like animals are we can't really relate to them but in a way you could you could think of that rootedness as as a source of uh
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A brief history of...
In each case, iconographic reference is employed as a form of reverence. Anthropomorphic representation, or depiction in human form, eventually became widespread in these religions only centuries later, under the influence of the cultural traditions surrounding them. Historically speaking,
Video examples
Pedestrian Crash Test...
tibia that's consumable that's replaceable in between tests if it is to break the ribs actually use a different type of sensor than their normal dummy the arm has better range of motion it's just more anthropomorphic ly correct than an actual dummy that you'd use in a
Video examples
Depressed dogs, cats...
So when it comes to your dog or your cat or maybe your one-armed monkey that you happen to know, if you think that they are traumatized or depressed, you're probably right. This is extremely anthropomorphic, or the assignation of human characteristics
Video examples
Bring on the female...
It's a film that absolutely should not work. Nobody knew who they were except for comic book nerds like me. One of the characters is a talking tree. One of the characters is an anthropomorphic raccoon. It should not work.
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Ancient Greece 101 PIPE...
of many anthropomorphic deities, helped shape the spiritual beliefs of the Etruscans and, later, the ancient Romans. Greek philosophy, which explored matters of reason, ethics, and natural law influenced
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Should Primates be Kept...
I think social media has a huge role to play. There's lots of videos that get shared on social media of primates either being kept as pets or in very anthropomorphic settings.
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Byron Howard
American Director
One of the magical things about these anthropomorphic animal movies is that we can take things that are so common in our own world that we deal with, like the DMV, or moving to a new city, or our family, and show you a mirror image of those things, reflected in a whole new way. That's why animals are great.
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Lisa Joy
American Director
And I think the greatest danger that AI poses isn't so much these anthropomorphic beings who look like us and are beguiling are going to fool us. It's the fact that a intelligence without a body or corporeal form will fool us into trusting it with data, which we seem to think is... it has no repercussions.
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Tom Hiddleston
English Actor
Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of kings - stories that taught us of the danger of hubris and the primacy of humility.
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Devendra Banhart
Venezuelan Musician
As anthropomorphic and surreal people have said my early writing was, to me it was really stock and almost banal in the sense that it was just description, the poetry of comparing: 'Your feet are like A, and your eyes like B.
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Stan Sakai
Japanese Cartoonist
There's a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called 'funny animal scrolls' were the first narratives in Japanese history, and the heroes of many folk tales have animals as their companions.
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Justin Cartwright
British Novelist
Someone once pointed out that there are quite a lot of animals in my books, and I'm sure that is something to do with 'The Wind in the Willows.' I must have picked up a rather anthropomorphic view of them.
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K. A. Applegate
American Writer
That penetrating gaze, that intelligence; it's hard not to be anthropomorphic when you're looking at a great ape - at any primate - but especially with gorillas. They're just so magnificent.
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Jonathan Safran Foer
American Writer
I will never come around to the idea of an anthropomorphic God. I'm also uncomfortable with the word 'God'... I'm agnostic about the answer and I'm agnostic about the question.
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Tyler Oakley
American Entertainer
In middle school, I was really into the 'Redwall' series, about anthropomorphic rodents in medieval times. I had a bowl cut, too, if you need the full imagery.
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Natalie Jeremijenko
Australian Artist
There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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Byron Howard
American Director
One of the magical things about these anthropomorphic animal movies is that we can take things that are so common in our own world that we deal with, like the DMV, or moving to a new city, or our family, and show you a mirror image of those things, reflected in a whole new way. That's why animals are great.
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Lisa Joy
American Director
And I think the greatest danger that AI poses isn't so much these anthropomorphic beings who look like us and are beguiling are going to fool us. It's the fact that a intelligence without a body or corporeal form will fool us into trusting it with data, which we seem to think is... it has no repercussions.
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Tom Hiddleston
English Actor
Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of kings - stories that taught us of the danger of hubris and the primacy of humility.
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Devendra Banhart
Venezuelan Musician
As anthropomorphic and surreal people have said my early writing was, to me it was really stock and almost banal in the sense that it was just description, the poetry of comparing: 'Your feet are like A, and your eyes like B.
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Stan Sakai
Japanese Cartoonist
There's a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called 'funny animal scrolls' were the first narratives in Japanese history, and the heroes of many folk tales have animals as their companions.
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Justin Cartwright
British Novelist
Someone once pointed out that there are quite a lot of animals in my books, and I'm sure that is something to do with 'The Wind in the Willows.' I must have picked up a rather anthropomorphic view of them.
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K. A. Applegate
American Writer
That penetrating gaze, that intelligence; it's hard not to be anthropomorphic when you're looking at a great ape - at any primate - but especially with gorillas. They're just so magnificent.
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Jonathan Safran Foer
American Writer
I will never come around to the idea of an anthropomorphic God. I'm also uncomfortable with the word 'God'... I'm agnostic about the answer and I'm agnostic about the question.
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Tyler Oakley
American Entertainer
In middle school, I was really into the 'Redwall' series, about anthropomorphic rodents in medieval times. I had a bowl cut, too, if you need the full imagery.
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Natalie Jeremijenko
Australian Artist
There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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