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anthropomorphic

UK/ˌænθɹəʊpəʊˈmɔːfɪk//ˌænθɹəpəˈmɔɹfɪk/

anthropomorphic adjective: having the form of a human.

Adjective

anthropomorphic (not comparable)

  1. Having the form of a human.
  2. Having attributes or characteristics of a human being.
    • The mystic is one to whom the unitive, pantheistic, or at least the panentheistic, aspects of the divinity are as congenial as the deistic, polytheistic, and anthropomorphic aspects are to the institutional mind.1909, “The Quarterly Review”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 124

Noun

anthropomorphic (plural anthropomorphics)

  1. (dated, slang) An anthropomorphized animal and creature.

anthropomorphic meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malay and Indonesian

anthropomorphic in Tamil

மனித வடிவுடைய, மனித வடிவு, குணங்கள் கொடுக்கப்பட்ட, மனிதன் அல்லாதவற்றை மனிதனாகப் பாவித்த, சித்தரித்த

anthropomorphic in Bengali

মানুষের রূপবিশিষ্ট, নরত্বারোপিত

anthropomorphic in Malay

having the form of a person
antropomorfik
given human attributes
antropomorfik

anthropomorphic in Indonesian

having the form of a person
antropomorfis
given human attributes
antropomorfis

Examples of anthropomorphic in a sentence

  • It also entangles science in a dizzying web of anthropomorphic assumptions about other animals.
  • Chicken Little is “cranially underenhanced,” Snow White “melanin-challenged,” and the three bears, an anthropomorphic nuclear family.
  • Imaginal players may be anthropomorphic (with human form), theriomorphic (with animal form), or polymorphic (with multiple forms).

All 15 example sentences with anthropomorphic

Synonyms of anthropomorphic

Forms of anthropomorphic

pluralanthropomorphics

Origin of anthropomorphic

From anthropo- + -morphic.

Words formed from anthropomorphic

Words that rhyme with anthropomorphic

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Questions about anthropomorphic

What does anthropomorphic mean?
Anthropomorphic means having the form of a human.
What is anthropomorphic in Tamil?
Anthropomorphic in Tamil is மனித வடிவுடைய, மனித வடிவு, குணங்கள் கொடுக்கப்பட்ட. See Anthropomorphic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anthropomorphic?
Anthropomorphic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce anthropomorphic?
Anthropomorphic is pronounced /ˌænθɹəʊpəʊˈmɔːfɪk/ (UK).

Words near anthropomorphic in the dictionary

  1. anthropometrist
  2. anthropometrists
  3. anthropometry
  4. anthropomimetic
  5. anthropomorph
  6. anthropomorphic
  7. anthropomorphical
  8. anthropomorphically
  9. anthropomorphics
  10. anthropomorphisation
  11. anthropomorphisations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anthropomorphic (page history and authors); anthropomorphic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anthropomorphic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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