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anthropomorphise

anthropomorphise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anthropomorphize.

Meaning of anthropomorphize

Verb

anthropomorphize (third-person singular simple present anthropomorphizes, present participle anthropomorphizing, simple past and past participle anthropomorphized)

  1. (transitive) To endow with human qualities.
  2. (transitive) To ascribe human characteristics and behaviors to nonhuman entities.
    • Bonnie Lucas further anthropomorphizes the flower in her watercolors, combining it surreally with the human female figure[…]1988 January 15, Kathryn Hixson, “On Exhibit: a gallery full of flowers”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of anthropomorphise

third-person singular presentanthropomorphises
present participleanthropomorphising
past participleanthropomorphised
pastanthropomorphised

Origin of anthropomorphise

By surface analysis, anthropo- + morph + -ise.

Questions about anthropomorphise

What is anthropomorphise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Anthropomorphise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anthropomorphize.

Words near anthropomorphise in the dictionary

  1. anthropomorphical
  2. anthropomorphically
  3. anthropomorphics
  4. anthropomorphisation
  5. anthropomorphisations
  6. anthropomorphise
  7. anthropomorphised
  8. anthropomorphises
  9. anthropomorphising
  10. anthropomorphism
  11. anthropomorphisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anthropomorphise (page history and authors); anthropomorphize (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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