anthropomorphicadj.

Brit.

/ˌanθrəpəˈmɔːfɪk/, U.S.

/ˈˌænθrəpəˈmɔrfɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἀνθρωπόμορϕος , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ἀνθρωπόμορϕος (see anthropomorphous adj.) + -ic suffix; compare -morphic comb. form. Compare French anthropomorphique (1829). Compare earlier anthropomorphous adj. and later anthropomorphical adj.

a. That ascribes human form, character, or attributes to God or a god.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > ascribed human nature > ascribed human form or attributes

anthropomorphic1802

anthropomorphical1831

theo-anthropomorphic1873

1802 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 893 Even the worship of one God becomes Idolatry..when instead of the Eternal & Omnipresent..we set up a distinct Jehovah tricked out in the anthropomorphic Attributes of Time & Successive Thoughts—& think of him as a Person.

1851 B. F. Westcott Introd. Study Gospels (ed. 5) i. 80 The anthropomorphic language of the Pentateuch.

1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer 68 The anthropomorphic tracings are deepest upon the Zeus of Homer.

1903 Biblical World Apr. 285 The most fundamental and far-reaching change that science demands..is the abandonment of the anthropomorphic conception of God.

2009 Z. A. Shah Astron. Calculations & Ramadan i. 26 His strong opposition to any anthropomorphic description of the Qur'anic phrases that apparently describe Allah in human terms.

b. That ascribes human personality or characteristics to something non-human, as an animal, object, etc. Also: designating something ascribed human characteristics in this way.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > anthropocentrism > [adjective] > anthropomorphism

anthropomorphous1839

anthropomorphic1845

anthropomorphistic1850

humaniform1889

1845 Boston Investigator 2 Apr. The major premiss, viz., that whatever is at all human workmanship, in appearance, must needs be like in its origin..leads to a stretch of anthropomorphic fancy so wild, that the thought of it can hardly be gravely entertained.

1858 G. H. Lewes Sea-side Stud. 255 As we are just now looking with scientific seriousness at our animals, we will discard all anthropomorphic interpretations, such as point to ‘alarm’.

1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxi. 294 The anthropomorphic abstractions which we call nations.

1964 A. Koestler in Listener 14 May 786/2 For the anthropomorphic view of the rat, Behaviourism has substituted a ratomorphic view of man.

2011 Wales on Sunday (Nexis) 5 June 8 A 3ft tall, anthropomorphic, cigar-chomping, wise-quacking duck from Duck World.

2. That has a human form; = anthropomorphous adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > [adjective] > of human form

two-legged1560

manlike1590

walkinga1616

hominiform1678

human-like1748

anthropomorphous1753

anthropomorphic1827

anthropoid1835

personified1851

bimanal1859

anthropoidal1865

humanoid1914

hominoid1950

android-

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. iv. i. 493 If extraordinary powers of digestion should be thought requisite for the oath, Merlin has an anthropomorphic stone-eater ready made.

1886 A. Lang in 19th Cent. Sept. 428 Under Dynasty XII. the gods..appear in their later shapes, often half anthropomorphic, half zoomorphic.

1905 A. S. Griffith tr. J. Capart Primitive Art Egypt iii. 59 The designs..borrowed from animals (zoomorphic designs), from the human figure (anthropomorphic), and occasionally from manufactured objects (skeuomorphic).

2007 N.Y. Times 2 Dec. (T: Style Mag.) 70/1 Worried that conversation at the office party will turn..to the banganga spiritual mediators of the Congo and their anthropomorphic nkisi nkondi figures?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	anthropomorphic
释义	anthropomorphicadj. Brit. /ˌanθrəpəˈmɔːfɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌænθrəpəˈmɔrfɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἀνθρωπόμορϕος , -ic suffix. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ἀνθρωπόμορϕος (see anthropomorphous adj.) + -ic suffix; compare -morphic comb. form. Compare French anthropomorphique (1829). Compare earlier anthropomorphous adj. and later anthropomorphical adj. 1. a. That ascribes human form, character, or attributes to God or a god. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > ascribed human nature > ascribed human form or attributes anthropomorphic1802 anthropomorphical1831 theo-anthropomorphic1873 1802 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 893 Even the worship of one God becomes Idolatry..when instead of the Eternal & Omnipresent..we set up a distinct Jehovah tricked out in the anthropomorphic Attributes of Time & Successive Thoughts—& think of him as a Person. 1851 B. F. Westcott Introd. Study Gospels (ed. 5) i. 80 The anthropomorphic language of the Pentateuch. 1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer 68 The anthropomorphic tracings are deepest upon the Zeus of Homer. 1903 Biblical World Apr. 285 The most fundamental and far-reaching change that science demands..is the abandonment of the anthropomorphic conception of God. 2009 Z. A. Shah Astron. Calculations & Ramadan i. 26 His strong opposition to any anthropomorphic description of the Qur'anic phrases that apparently describe Allah in human terms. b. That ascribes human personality or characteristics to something non-human, as an animal, object, etc. Also: designating something ascribed human characteristics in this way. ΘΚΠ the world > people > anthropocentrism > [adjective] > anthropomorphism anthropomorphous1839 anthropomorphic1845 anthropomorphistic1850 humaniform1889 1845 Boston Investigator 2 Apr. The major premiss, viz., that whatever is at all human workmanship, in appearance, must needs be like in its origin..leads to a stretch of anthropomorphic fancy so wild, that the thought of it can hardly be gravely entertained. 1858 G. H. Lewes Sea-side Stud. 255 As we are just now looking with scientific seriousness at our animals, we will discard all anthropomorphic interpretations, such as point to ‘alarm’. 1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxi. 294 The anthropomorphic abstractions which we call nations. 1964 A. Koestler in Listener 14 May 786/2 For the anthropomorphic view of the rat, Behaviourism has substituted a ratomorphic view of man. 2011 Wales on Sunday (Nexis) 5 June 8 A 3ft tall, anthropomorphic, cigar-chomping, wise-quacking duck from Duck World. 2. That has a human form; = anthropomorphous adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > [adjective] > of human form two-legged1560 manlike1590 walkinga1616 hominiform1678 human-like1748 anthropomorphous1753 anthropomorphic1827 anthropoid1835 personified1851 bimanal1859 anthropoidal1865 humanoid1914 hominoid1950 android- 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. iv. i. 493 If extraordinary powers of digestion should be thought requisite for the oath, Merlin has an anthropomorphic stone-eater ready made. 1886 A. Lang in 19th Cent. Sept. 428 Under Dynasty XII. the gods..appear in their later shapes, often half anthropomorphic, half zoomorphic. 1905 A. S. Griffith tr. J. Capart Primitive Art Egypt iii. 59 The designs..borrowed from animals (zoomorphic designs), from the human figure (anthropomorphic), and occasionally from manufactured objects (skeuomorphic). 2007 N.Y. Times 2 Dec. (T: Style Mag.) 70/1 Worried that conversation at the office party will turn..to the banganga spiritual mediators of the Congo and their anthropomorphic nkisi nkondi figures? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1802
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