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

Terms related to anthropomorphize

• anthropomorphic

• anthropomorphically

• anthropomorphism

• anthropomorphization

Translations

attribute human qualities

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人格化 (zh) (réngéhuà), 擬人化, 拟人化 (nǐrénhuà)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: ihmisenkaltaistaa, antropomorfisoida
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: vermenschlichen (de), anthropomorphisieren (de)

• Greek: ανθρωπομορφίζω (anthropomorfízo)
• Hebrew: להאניש‎‎
• Portuguese: antropomorfizar
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