to anthropomorphize
2
9.7
- verb
- /ˌænθrəpəˈmɔrfɪzaɪz/
- Specialized
:
antropomorfizar
- Writers often anthropomorphize animals in stories to make them relatable and to convey messages about human nature.
- anthropomorphize animals
Because as you, as we've talked about, people do anthropomorphize these robots.
- Because as you, as we've talked about, people do anthropomorphize these robots.
- I just think we gain nothing from trying to anthropomorphize the entire universe.
- Food brands will stop anthropomorphizing their products as attractive females.
- I don't know, Maybe it's because for me, at least, we anthropomorphize the robot.
- No, we human beings are the ones who to some degree anthropomorphize animals and then say, let's be like that.
- There's studies that actually say that anthropomorphizing items.
- Puberty, her word anthropomorphizes them once again.
Examples
-
Many children tend to anthropomorphize their toys, believing they have feelings and thoughts.
-
The structure of our language, perhaps even of our brain, compels us to anthropomorphize.
Academic text (1995) -
I just think we gain nothing from trying to anthropomorphize the entire universe.
-
Is it really any wonder why we anthropomorphize chairs with arm, leg, and back?
-
No, we human beings are the ones who to some degree anthropomorphize animals and then say, let's be like that.
-
Children tend to anthropomorphize animals; however, this perception is reinforced in much of their literature, where animals frequently appear in human form.
Academic text (1992) -
My friend Bobby Halloway says that I tend to anthropomorphize animals, ascribing to them human attributes and attitudes that they do not, in fact, possess.
Fiction book (1998) -
The way Andrew Sullivan puts it here beautifully encapsulates what I think is a big problem for writers: they tend to anthropomorphize polities.
Blog text (26) -
The fact that people think that cold is a thing, or the fact that people anthropomorphize the ant, the grasshopper, and the chimpanzee to roughly equal degrees, are classic issues in science education.
Blog text (24) -
It is common for people to anthropomorphize pets, attributing them emotions and intentions similar to humans.
Synonyms
27
6.1
To describe an idea or thing as if it were a human
Give human qualities to something not alive, like the sun
Antonyms
How Human
Surface Forms
Morphology
anthropomorphize = anthropomorph (semi-transparent) = anthropo + morph + ize
The base 'anthropomorph' is not a standalone word in English, but the components 'anthropo' and 'morph' are recognizable.
Etymology
Anthropomorphize comes from Greek parts anthropo- 'human', as in anthropology, and -morph- 'form'. That's why to anthropomorphize is to give animals or things human shape or human traits, like when you think a toy has feelings.