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deanthropomorphizations

deanthropomorphizations is the plural 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

Questions about deanthropomorphizations

What is deanthropomorphizations the plural of?
Deanthropomorphizations is the plural of deanthropomorphization.

Words near deanthropomorphizations in the dictionary

  1. deanthropomorphic
  2. deanthropomorphisation
  3. deanthropomorphisations
  4. deanthropomorphism
  5. deanthropomorphization
  6. deanthropomorphizations
  7. deanthropomorphize
  8. deanthropomorphized
  9. deanthropomorphizes
  10. deanthropomorphizing
  11. deappellativization

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