单词 | anthropomorphology |
释义 | anthropomorphologyn. 1. Descriptive anatomy; human morphology. rare. ΚΠ 1857 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) 71/1 Anthropomorphology, Anatomy (descriptive). 1896 L. C. Smith Mabel Gray & Other Poems 122 He studied Zoology, also Geology, Anthropomorphology, Meteorology, And ancient Astrology, Paleontology, And Paley's Theology, and each other ology. 1964 Acta Clinica Belgica 19 (heading) 334 Anthropomorphology and corticosteroid excretion in normal young adult males and females. 2. The attribution of human form, character, or attributes to God; (also) the use of language applicable to human beings in speaking of God; = anthropomorphism n. 1a, 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > possessing personal attributes > ascription of > of human form or attributes anthropomorphism1650 anthropomorphitism1664 anthropomorphology1871 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 1871 J. Hinton Select. from MSS II. 326 The humanity (anthropo-morphology) of God as God is false, is merely introduced from ourselves; but Christ's humanity is God and man—God manifest in the flesh. 1888 Gospel in All Lands May 200/2 We have the Mormon theology developing anthropomorphology in its greatest extent, and presenting..a Supreme Being who is so far a person that..He ‘cannot be omnipotent’. 1923 J. B. Cabell High Place xxx. 309 ‘Eh,’ said the Duke, ‘I would distinguish, I would avoid anthropomorphology.’ 2009 B.C. Labuschagne & R. Sonnenschmidt Relig. Politics & Law 78 Xenophanes..is renowned for his criticism of the anthropomorphology of Greek religion as mere projections of men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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