anthropomorphitizev.
/ˌanθrəpəˈmɔːfᵻtʌɪz/, U.S. /ˌænθrəpəˈmɔrfəˌtaɪz/ rare.
transitive. = anthropomorphize v. 1.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > [verb (transitive)] > attribute with human form or personality
creaturize1652
anthropomorphitize1810
anthropomorphize1826
1810 R. Watson Let. 27 July in Anecd. (1817) 528 The doing of this I considered (if the expression may be allowed) as anthropomorphitising in the worst sense the incomprehensible author of nature.
1997 M. Piazza Holy Homosexuals (rev. ed.) v. 90 It is true that there is a great danger in anthropomorphitizing God. God is not human and therefore neither heterosexual nor homosexual.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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