anthropomorphismn.

Brit.

/ˌanθrəpəˈmɔːfɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈˌænθrəpəˈmɔrˌfɪzəm/

Forms: 1600s anthropomorphisme, 1600s– anthropomorphism.

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

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ἀνθρωπόμορϕος (see anthropomorphous adj.) + -ism suffix; compare -morphism comb. form. Compare post-classical Latin anthropomorphismus (1673 or earlier, originally in a theological context). Compare earlier anthropomorphosis n.

a. The attribution of human form, character, or attributes to God or a god.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > possessing personal attributes > ascription of > of human form or attributes

anthropomorphism1650

anthropomorphitism1664

anthropomorphology1871

1650 J. Owen Of Death of Christ 39 For the Third Instance, of Gods receiving the sinner into love, and favour upon his believing, quite laying aside his anger. I Answer: To wave the Anthropomorphisme, wherewith this Assertion is tainted [etc.].

1668 J. Owen Expos. Two First Chapters (i. 3) 53 in Exercitations Epist. to Hebrews To say a man is the express image of the Person of God the Father, is to depress the glory of God by Anthropomorphism.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Anthropomorphism, among divines, the error of those who ascribe a human figure to the deity.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xlvii. 742 Scandalized by the anthropomorphism of the vulgar.

1838 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 262 Its [sc. Christianity's] anthropomorphism is theopneustic.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets i. 17 The anthropomorphism of the Greek Pantheon.

1909 H. B. George Hist. Evid. vi. 152 The simple anthropomorphism which clothes the gods with human passions.

2005 Church Times 7 Jan. 18/1 Phillips raises serious objections to accounts of God's omnipotence which have been chronically infected by anthropomorphism.

b. The attribution of human personality or characteristics to something non-human, as an animal, object, etc.

ΘΚΠ

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

anthropomorphism1845

anthropism1850

anthropomorphization1872

anthropopsychism1884

1845 Boston Investigator 2 Apr. How does the acting of forces inertly, or under necessity, hinder their acting harmoniously, and displaying conduciveness to ends? The last point..may be denominated anthropomorphism... If it follows, that whatever has the same show of workmanship with a watch is as certain to have had an artificer as a watch [etc.].

1858 G. H. Lewes Sea-side Stud. 341 We speak with large latitude of anthropomorphism when we speak of the ‘vision’ of these animals [sc. molluscs].

1926 Ecology 7 390 ‘Xerophilous’ and its companion terms..are objectionable in their connotation of anthropomorphism.

1962 W. B. Walsh Perspectives & Patterns ii. 34 It will doubtlessly be argued that..to speak of living societies or organizations is naive anthropomorphism.

2006 Focus Nov. 87/4 His funny descriptions of animals' many curiosities often reach Disney-levels of anthropomorphism.

2. The use of language applicable to human beings in speaking of God or a god; an instance of this. Cf. anthropomorphology n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > possessing personal attributes > ascription of > use of anthropomorphic language

anthropology1694

anthropomorphism1833

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > speaking of God as of humans

anthropology1694

anthropomorphism1833

anthropomorphology1871

1833 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 293 The strong anthropomorphism of the Hebrew Scriptures.

1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 433 Thou didst walk through the sea with Thine horses..Such anthropomorphisms have a truth, which men's favourite abstractions have not.

a1907 J. Adam Relig. Teachers of Greece (1908) 28 Whatever may be true of Hebrew representations of the Deity, we are not at liberty to interpret the anthropomorphism of the Iliad and Odyssey as only a fashion of speech.

2000 J. Ross in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 15/1 If words we use for creatures apply in the same sense to God, the talk will be mere anthropomorphism and false.

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

单词	anthropomorphism
释义	anthropomorphismn. Brit. /ˌanθrəpəˈmɔːfɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈˌænθrəpəˈmɔrˌfɪzəm/ Forms: 1600s anthropomorphisme, 1600s– anthropomorphism. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ἀνθρωπόμορϕος , -ism suffix. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ἀνθρωπόμορϕος (see anthropomorphous adj.) + -ism suffix; compare -morphism comb. form. Compare post-classical Latin anthropomorphismus (1673 or earlier, originally in a theological context). Compare earlier anthropomorphosis n. 1. a. The attribution of human form, character, or attributes to God or a god. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > possessing personal attributes > ascription of > of human form or attributes anthropomorphism1650 anthropomorphitism1664 anthropomorphology1871 1650 J. Owen Of Death of Christ 39 For the Third Instance, of Gods receiving the sinner into love, and favour upon his believing, quite laying aside his anger. I Answer: To wave the Anthropomorphisme, wherewith this Assertion is tainted [etc.]. 1668 J. Owen Expos. Two First Chapters (i. 3) 53 in Exercitations Epist. to Hebrews To say a man is the express image of the Person of God the Father, is to depress the glory of God by Anthropomorphism. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Anthropomorphism, among divines, the error of those who ascribe a human figure to the deity. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xlvii. 742 Scandalized by the anthropomorphism of the vulgar. 1838 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 262 Its [sc. Christianity's] anthropomorphism is theopneustic. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets i. 17 The anthropomorphism of the Greek Pantheon. 1909 H. B. George Hist. Evid. vi. 152 The simple anthropomorphism which clothes the gods with human passions. 2005 Church Times 7 Jan. 18/1 Phillips raises serious objections to accounts of God's omnipotence which have been chronically infected by anthropomorphism. b. The attribution of human personality or characteristics to something non-human, as an animal, object, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > people > anthropocentrism > [noun] > anthropomorphism anthropomorphism1845 anthropism1850 anthropomorphization1872 anthropopsychism1884 1845 Boston Investigator 2 Apr. How does the acting of forces inertly, or under necessity, hinder their acting harmoniously, and displaying conduciveness to ends? The last point..may be denominated anthropomorphism... If it follows, that whatever has the same show of workmanship with a watch is as certain to have had an artificer as a watch [etc.]. 1858 G. H. Lewes Sea-side Stud. 341 We speak with large latitude of anthropomorphism when we speak of the ‘vision’ of these animals [sc. molluscs]. 1926 Ecology 7 390 ‘Xerophilous’ and its companion terms..are objectionable in their connotation of anthropomorphism. 1962 W. B. Walsh Perspectives & Patterns ii. 34 It will doubtlessly be argued that..to speak of living societies or organizations is naive anthropomorphism. 2006 Focus Nov. 87/4 His funny descriptions of animals' many curiosities often reach Disney-levels of anthropomorphism. 2. The use of language applicable to human beings in speaking of God or a god; an instance of this. Cf. anthropomorphology n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > possessing personal attributes > ascription of > use of anthropomorphic language anthropology1694 anthropomorphism1833 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > speaking of God as of humans anthropology1694 anthropomorphism1833 anthropomorphology1871 1833 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 293 The strong anthropomorphism of the Hebrew Scriptures. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 433 Thou didst walk through the sea with Thine horses..Such anthropomorphisms have a truth, which men's favourite abstractions have not. a1907 J. Adam Relig. Teachers of Greece (1908) 28 Whatever may be true of Hebrew representations of the Deity, we are not at liberty to interpret the anthropomorphism of the Iliad and Odyssey as only a fashion of speech. 2000 J. Ross in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 15/1 If words we use for creatures apply in the same sense to God, the talk will be mere anthropomorphism and false. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1650
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