anthropoid
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- adjective
- /ˈænθrəˌpɔɪd/
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antropomorfo
- The new robot was designed with an anthropoid appearance to make it more relatable for people.
Examples
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Well, if you ask me, they seem to be a combination of the human and anthropoid.
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Or maybe they've started to evolve back in an anthropoid direction?
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But what's really interesting as far as we're concerned, is the whole thing was centered around a huge anthropoid-looking effigy.
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Apes, the chimpanzee and the gorilla (both highly intelligent anthropoid apes from Africa), show emotions as much as humans do.
Academic text (1995) -
The artist created an anthropoid sculpture that captured the essence of human emotion.
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They discovered an anthropoid figure carved from wood that resembled early humans.
Synonyms
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6.1
With a body that looks like a human
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8.4
People describe animals and objects as having human form or feelings
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4.2
Being like a person in how it looks or acts
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6.2
Like an adult man in look or behavior
Having the shape and qualities of a human, like an animal or object
Having the shape or look of a person
Looks and acts like a person
Compounds
- Specialized
A large tailless animal like a gorilla or chimpanzee that is more like humans than other monkeys
How Human-Like
Surface Forms
Morphology
anthropoid = anthropo- (semi-transparent) = anthropo + oid
The morphological parts correspond to 'human' + 'resembling', which matches this 'human-like' sense, but the combining form is not a common standalone word for many learners.
Etymology
Anthropoid comes from an old Greek word anthropos meaning 'human' and the ending -oid meaning 'like' or 'shape'. As an adjective, anthropoid can also mean 'human-like' in form or face, like a statue or an alien that looks like a person.