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How to use anthropomorphic in a sentence

15 example sentences · adjective, noun

Anthropomorphic means having the form of a human. Example: “The mystic is one to whom the unitive, pantheistic, or at least the panentheistic, aspects of the divinity are as congenial as the deistic, polytheistic, and anthropomorphic aspects are to the institutional mind.”

Examples of anthropomorphic by meaning

adjectiveHaving attributes or characteristics of a human being.

  • The mystic is one to whom the unitive, pantheistic, or at least the panentheistic, aspects of the divinity are as congenial as the deistic, polytheistic, and anthropomorphic aspects are to the institutional mind.1909, “The Quarterly Review”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 124

More sentences with anthropomorphic

  • It also entangles science in a dizzying web of anthropomorphic assumptions about other animals.2017 August 9, Holly Dunsworth, Anne Buchanan, “Sex makes babies”, in Aeon. From the entry zoomorphize
  • Chicken Little is “cranially underenhanced,” Snow White “melanin-challenged,” and the three bears, an anthropomorphic nuclear family.2010, Geoff Hamilton, Brian Jones, Encyclopedia of American Popular Fiction. From the entry melanin-challenged
  • Imaginal players may be anthropomorphic (with human form), theriomorphic (with animal form), or polymorphic (with multiple forms).2008, Victoria Kennick Urubshurow, “Approaching Religious Traditions”, in Introducing World Religions, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN…. From the entry hierophanic
  • Above: Maya effigy vessel depicting a red coati or opposum with some anthropomorphic traits.2004, Hope B. Werness, The Continuum Encyclopedia of Animal Symbolism in Art, page 88. From the entry coati
  • He will look out on the world with anthropomorphic (or rather with pædomorphic) eyes.1903, Herbert George Wells, Mankind in the Making, 3rd edition, Chapman & Hall, page 155. From the entry pædomorphic
  • Whereas the practice of eyebombing may not suit everybody’s taste, the anthropomorphic illusions that result are remarkably powerful.2020 May 1, Susana Martinez-Conde, Stephen L. Macknik, “Eyebomb Your Brain”, in Scientific American, archived from the original on 25 Apr…. From the entry eyebombing
  • (There is, for example, an enormous genre of fan-made visual art depicting Sherlock Holmes as an anthropomorphic tuna: collectively, Tunalock.2015, Zach Dundas, The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes, page 255. From the entry Tunalock
  • The other, sillier spot presented a beachful of anthropomorphic crabs starting a Bud-centric version of a cargo cult.2007 February 5, Stuart Elliott, “Super Bowl Ads of Cartoonish Violence, Perhaps Reflecting Toll of War”, in New York Times. From the entry beachful
  • Some have also noted that the TT is anthropomorphic.2003, “Turing Test: 50 Years Later”, in James H. Moor, editor, The Turing test: The Elusive Standard of Artificial Intelligence, Kluwer…. From the entry tt
  • And of course there would be an anthropomorphic god.1964, Conrad Aiken, Richard P. Blackmur, The collected novels of Conrad Aiken. From the entry antly
  • All of the characters in Rocko's Modern Life are anthropomorphic animals of varying species, the vast majority of whom are mentally unstable.2024 May 29, Brie Hoffler, “Chaos Ride: Episode 2 APK”, in tialalnafi (Usenet). From the entry unstable
  • Now we have these new theologians who say God’s inside here not up there or he’s an impersonal noosphere and the anthropomorphic image is out.1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers, page 573. From the entry noosphere
  • Three unpersons in one anthropomorphic noosphere.1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers, page 573. From the entry noosphere
  • Applied in the spiritual realm, it signifies an anthropomorphic Lord or a Supreme Being who presides in Heaven, and rules over or governs directly the spiritual and material worlds.2000, Yao Xinzhong, An Introduction to Confucianism, page 142. From the entry heaven

Meaning of anthropomorphic

  1. adjective Having the form of a human.
  2. adjective Having attributes or characteristics of a human being.
  3. noun An anthropomorphized animal and creature.

Full definition of anthropomorphic

Questions about anthropomorphic in a sentence

How do you use anthropomorphic in a sentence?
Anthropomorphic is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “The mystic is one to whom the unitive, pantheistic, or at least the panentheistic, aspects of the divinity are as congenial as the deistic, polytheistic, and anthropomorphic aspects are to the institutional mind.”
What is a short sentence with anthropomorphic?
“Three unpersons in one anthropomorphic noosphere.”
What does anthropomorphic mean?
Anthropomorphic means having the form of a human.

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