zoomorphizingn.

Brit.

/ˌzuː(ə)ˈmɔːfʌɪzɪŋ/,

/ˌzəʊəˈmɔːfʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌzu(ə)ˈmɔrˌfaɪzɪŋ/,

/ˌzoʊəˈmɔrˌfaɪzɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: zoomorph n., zoomorphic adj., zoomorphism n., -izing suffix¹.

Etymology: < zoomorph- (in zoomorph n., zoomorphic adj., zoomorphism n.) + -izing suffix¹. Compare later zoomorphize v.

The action of attributing an animal form or nature to a person or thing. Cf. zoomorphize v.

1895 Academy 9 Feb. 131/3 In the zoomorphising of everything we have the raw material..of myth, custom, and belief.

1961 Amer. Scientist Dec. 534 This kind of zoomorphizing..makes a simple animal out of a man.

1992 D. M. Locke Sci. As Writing 28 Kekule's daydream was the zoomorphizing of the conventional graphical symbolizations of molecular structures.

2014 Cumberland (Maryland) Times News 7 Sept. c6/2 Zoomorphizing aside, the current notion that animals can be our teachers needs to be tempered.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	zoomorphizing
释义	zoomorphizingn. Brit. /ˌzuː(ə)ˈmɔːfʌɪzɪŋ/, /ˌzəʊəˈmɔːfʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌzu(ə)ˈmɔrˌfaɪzɪŋ/, /ˌzoʊəˈmɔrˌfaɪzɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: zoomorph n., zoomorphic adj., zoomorphism n., -izing suffix¹. Etymology: < zoomorph- (in zoomorph n., zoomorphic adj., zoomorphism n.) + -izing suffix¹. Compare later zoomorphize v. The action of attributing an animal form or nature to a person or thing. Cf. zoomorphize v. Π 1895 Academy 9 Feb. 131/3 In the zoomorphising of everything we have the raw material..of myth, custom, and belief. 1961 Amer. Scientist Dec. 534 This kind of zoomorphizing..makes a simple animal out of a man. 1992 D. M. Locke Sci. As Writing 28 Kekule's daydream was the zoomorphizing of the conventional graphical symbolizations of molecular structures. 2014 Cumberland (Maryland) Times News 7 Sept. c6/2 Zoomorphizing aside, the current notion that animals can be our teachers needs to be tempered. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1895
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