anthropomorphization
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- noun
- /ˌænθrəpəˌmɔrfɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
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antropomorfización
- Processes like hypostasis, personification, anthropomorphization, and metonymy all come to mind as figures of poetic diction that expand the limits of the neutral inventory of corporal references.
I mean all of that, you could say it's anthropomorphization, but it sure as heck feels like their organisms making decisions.
- I mean all of that, you could say it's anthropomorphization, but it sure as heck feels like their organisms making decisions.
- Also, to me it's really interesting the anthropomorphisation of human to inanimate object interaction.
Examples
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The cartoon movie's anthropomorphization of the furniture made it relatable and engaging for the audience.
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In children's books, anthropomorphization allows animals to express human thoughts and feelings.
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I mean all of that, you could say it's anthropomorphization, but it sure as heck feels like their organisms making decisions.
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Yet, through anthropomorphization, we engage with animal characters' emotions as if they were humans.
Academic text (2013) -
Anthropomorphization can be fun, but can also be dangerous scientifically and even socially!
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Also, to me it's really interesting the anthropomorphisation of human to inanimate object interaction.
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This anthropomorphization of containers states once more the strong connection between the creative and reproductive powers of Babessi women.
Academic text (2007) -
Striking is Bojunga Nunes's use of colloquial language and imagery, including frequent anthropomorphization and personification.
Academic text (1995) -
My general fields are advanced robotics and psychiatry, although, I specialize in hardware to wetware interfaces in an effort to advance USR's robotic anthropomorphization program.
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Through anthropomorphization, the artist depicted trees dancing joyfully in the wind.
Synonyms
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To make something seem more like a real person with feelings
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Giving animals, objects or gods human feelings and actions, like talking animals in stories
Giving human form or qualities to animals and other things
To give a god or thing a human body and human feelings
Antonyms
How Human
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
anthropomorphization = anthropomorphize (semi-transparent) = anthropo + morph + ize + ation
The noun is a regular nominalization of the verb 'anthropomorphize' with the suffix '-ation', a straightforward derivational process.
Etymology
Anthropomorphization breaks into anthropo- meaning 'human', -morph- meaning 'form' or 'shape', and the ending -ization meaning 'the act of'. It is like giving something a 'human form', so the word describes making animals, objects, or machines seem and act like people.