anthropomorphize

English

Alternative forms

• anthropomorphise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Verb

anthropomorphize (third-person singular simple present anthropomorphizes, present participle anthropomorphizing, simple past and past participle anthropomorphized)

1. To endow with human qualities.
2. To attribute human characteristics to something that is non-human.

Related terms

Related terms

• anthropomorphic

• anthropomorphically

• anthropomorphism

• anthropomorphization

Translations

to attribute human qualities

• Finnish: ihmisenkaltaistaa, antropomorfisoida
• German: vermenschlichen, anthropomorphisieren (de)

• Hebrew: להאניש‏‎
• Portuguese: antropomorfizar