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anthropomorphizing

anthropomorphizing is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about anthropomorphizing

What is anthropomorphizing the present participle and gerund of?
Anthropomorphizing is the present participle and gerund of anthropomorphize.

Words near anthropomorphizing in the dictionary

  1. anthropomorphizations
  2. anthropomorphize
  3. anthropomorphized
  4. anthropomorphizer
  5. anthropomorphizes
  6. anthropomorphizing
  7. anthropomorphological
  8. anthropomorphologically
  9. anthropomorphology
  10. anthropomorphoses
  11. anthropomorphosis

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