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anthropomorphosis

anthropomorphosis noun: transformation into a human form.

Noun

anthropomorphosis (countable and uncountable, plural anthropomorphoses)

  1. Transformation into a human form.
    • He’s best known for his views of aristocratic race horses, seen purely as beautiful animals with no attempt at anthropomorphosis, but he painted other mammals too, dogs, lions, tigers, oxen, monkeys and humans.2007 March 2, The New York Times, “Museum and Gallery Listings”, in New York Times

Forms of anthropomorphosis

pluralanthropomorphoses

Origin of anthropomorphosis

From anthropo- + morphosis.

Questions about anthropomorphosis

What does anthropomorphosis mean?
Anthropomorphosis means transformation into a human form.
What part of speech is anthropomorphosis?
Anthropomorphosis is a noun.
What is the plural of anthropomorphosis?
The plural of anthropomorphosis is anthropomorphoses.

Words near anthropomorphosis in the dictionary

  1. anthropomorphizing
  2. anthropomorphological
  3. anthropomorphologically
  4. anthropomorphology
  5. anthropomorphoses
  6. anthropomorphosis
  7. anthropomorphous
  8. anthropomorphously
  9. anthropomorphs
  10. anthropomorphy
  11. anthroponomastic

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