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anthropomorphosis

[ an-thruh-puh-mawr-fuh-sis ]

noun

  1. transformation into human form.


anthropomorphosis

/ 藢忙苍胃谤蓹辫蓹藞尘蓴藧蹿蓹蝉瑟蝉 /

noun

  1. transformation into human form
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of anthropomorphosis1

First recorded in 1860鈥65; anthropo- + (meta)morphosis
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Anthropomorphosis, an-thr艒-po-morf-os鈥瞚s, or -morf鈥瞣s-is, n. transformation into human shape.鈥攁dj.

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It is impossible not to discern here the anthropomorphosis of the four seasons.

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Watching these amazing creatures is mesmerising but, though anthropomorphosis is probably difficult to avoid when talking about an animal so closely related to humans, the narrative does seem to make a lot of assumptions about the gorilla's personal motives and emotional states.

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The inquiry into final causes is rejected as an anthropomorphosis of natural events, and deduction from efficient causes is alone accepted as scientific explanation.

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The myth of the dragon is one which admits, perhaps more than any other, of identification with a meteorological phenomenon, and presents to us as well the phase of transition from theriomorphosis to anthropomorphosis.

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