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deanthropomorphisation

deanthropomorphisation is the alternative spelling of deanthropomorphization.

Meaning of deanthropomorphization

Noun

deanthropomorphization (usually uncountable, plural deanthropomorphizations)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, usually) The removal of a thing's anthropomorphic nature; making something less human in character or form.
    • Pure anachronism! says the survival theory;—anachronism for which deanthropomorphization of the imagination is the remedy required.1902, William James, “Lecture XX: Conclusions”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 498

Forms of deanthropomorphisation

pluraldeanthropomorphisations

Questions about deanthropomorphisation

What is deanthropomorphisation the alternative spelling of?
Deanthropomorphisation is the alternative spelling of deanthropomorphization.

Words near deanthropomorphisation in the dictionary

  1. Deanshanger
  2. deanship
  3. deanships
  4. Deanside
  5. deanthropomorphic
  6. deanthropomorphisation
  7. deanthropomorphisations
  8. deanthropomorphism
  9. deanthropomorphization
  10. deanthropomorphizations
  11. deanthropomorphize

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