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anthropopœia

UK/ænˌθɹəʊpəʊˈpiːjə/

anthropopœia is the obsolete form of anthropopeia.

Meaning of anthropopeia

Noun

anthropopeia (uncountable)

  1. Scientific enquiry aimed at the deduction of the laws that regulate the interactions of the anatomical, biological, and psychological elements of human physiology.
  2. (rhetoric) Depiction or representation as human; anthropomorphism.

Questions about anthropopœia

What is anthropopœia the obsolete form of?
Anthropopœia is the obsolete form of anthropopeia.
How do you pronounce anthropopœia?
Anthropopœia is pronounced /ænˌθɹəʊpəʊˈpiːjə/ (UK).

Words near anthropopœia in the dictionary

  1. anthropopression
  2. anthropopressure
  3. anthropopsychic
  4. anthropopsychism
  5. anthropopsychisms
  6. anthropopœia
  7. anthroporadiometry
  8. anthropornography
  9. Anthropos
  10. anthroposcopic
  11. anthroposcopy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anthropopœia (page history and authors); anthropopeia (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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