anthropomorphic

English

WOTD – 25 February 2006

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́νθρωπος (ắnthrōpos)der.

English anthropo-

Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English -morphic

English anthropomorphic

From anthropo- +‎ -morphic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌænθɹəʊpəʊˈmɔːfɪk/
• (US) enPR: ăn'thrə-pə-môr′fĭk, IPA^(key): /ˌænθɹəpəˈmɔɹfɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)fɪk

Adjective

anthropomorphic (not comparable)

1. Having the form of a human.

   Synonym: anthropomorphous

2. (of anything nonhuman) Having ascribes, attributes or characteristics of a human being.
   • 1909, “The Quarterly Review”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 124:

     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.

Derived terms

• anthropomorphically
• anthropornography
• antianthropomorphic
• deanthropomorphic
• nonanthropomorphic
• pseudoanthropomorphic
• unanthropomorphic

Translations

having the form of a person

• Azerbaijani: antropomorf
• Catalan: antropomorf, antropomòrfic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拟人的

• Czech: antropomorfní (cs)
• Danish: antropomorf (da)
• Dutch: antropomorfisch (nl)
• Esperanto: homforma
• Finnish: antropomorfinen (fi), antropomorfistinen
• French: anthropomorphe (fr)
• Galician: antropomorfo (gl)
• German: anthropomorph (de)
• Greek: ανθρωπόμορφος (el) m (anthropómorfos)

  Ancient Greek: ἀνθρωπόμορφος (anthrōpómorphos)

• Indonesian: antropomorfis
• Kazakh: адам пішінді (adam pışındı), адам тәріздес (adam tärızdes)
• Malay: antropomorfik
• Manx: antrapoamorfagh
• Portuguese: antropomórfico (pt)
• Romanian: antropomorf (ro)
• Russian: антропомо́рфный (ru) (antropomórfnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: антропомо̀рфан

  Latin: antropomòrfan (sh)

• Slovak: antropomorfný, antropomorfický
• Spanish: antropomorfo (es)
• Swedish: antropomorf (sv)
• Turkish: antropomorf, insansı (tr)

given human attributes

• Catalan: antropomòrfic
• Danish: antropomorf (da)
• Dutch: antropomorfisch (nl)
• Esperanto: homforma
• Finnish: antropomorfinen (fi), antropomorfistinen
• French: anthropomorphe (fr)
• German: anthropomorph (de), vermenschlicht (de)
• Greek: ανθρωπομορφικός (el) m (anthropomorfikós)
• Indonesian: antropomorfis
• Italian: antropomorfo (it)
• Malay: antropomorfik
• Manx: antrapoamorfagh
• Occitan: antropomorfic
• Polish: antropomorficzny (pl)
• Portuguese: antropomórfico (pt)
• Russian: антропомо́рфный (ru) (antropomórfnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: антропомо̀рфан

  Latin: antropomòrfan (sh)

• Spanish: antropomorfo (es)

Noun

anthropomorphic (plural anthropomorphics)

1. (furry fandom, somewhat dated) An anthropomorphized animal.

See also

• ailuromorphic
• anthropomorphism
• anthropologic
• theriomorphic

Anagrams

• captorhinomorph