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pithecomorphism

pithecomorphism noun: the state or quality of having the form of an ape; resemblance to apes.

Noun

pithecomorphism (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state or quality of having the form of an ape; resemblance to apes.
    • Some are dissatisfied, call it anthropomorphism, when we venture to compare man with God. After all, men are not apes or ape-like, pithecomorphism is but an insensate dream. Without or doubt or question, man, I affirm, assert, and declare, is not an ape or ape-like.1877, Henry MacCormac, “God's Kingdom is a Kingdom of Reason”, in The Conversation of a Soul with God: a Theodicy, London: Trübner & Co., page 108
    • Indeed, Leroi-Gourhan's objective, as I have said, was not to find hypothetical transitions between pithecomorphism and anthropomorphism but to spot an evolutive divergence towards a totally original way of being, that of man.2002, Bénédicte de Villers, “Paleoanthropology from a Phenomenological Point of View. Some Remarks about the Genetic Structures of Human Life”, in Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, editor, Life Energies...

Origin of pithecomorphism

From pitheco- + -morphism.

Questions about pithecomorphism

What does pithecomorphism mean?
Pithecomorphism means the state or quality of having the form of an ape; resemblance to apes.
What part of speech is pithecomorphism?
Pithecomorphism is a noun.

Words near pithecomorphism in the dictionary

  1. pithecoids
  2. pithecological
  3. pithecology
  4. pithecometric
  5. pithecomorphic
  6. pithecomorphism
  7. pithecophobia
  8. pithed
  9. Pither
  10. Pithers
  11. pithes

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