"anthropomorphize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌanθɹəpəˈmɔːfʌɪz/ Forms: anthropomorphizes [present, singular, third-person], anthropomorphizing [participle, present], anthropomorphized [participle, past], anthropomorphized [past]
Etymology: By surface analysis, anthropo- + morph + -ize. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|anthropo-|morph|-ize}} By surface analysis, anthropo- + morph + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} anthropomorphize (third-person singular simple present anthropomorphizes, present participle anthropomorphizing, simple past and past participle anthropomorphized)
  1. (transitive) To endow with human qualities. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Anthropology Translations (attribute human qualities): 人格化 (réngéhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 擬人化 (Chinese Mandarin), 拟人化 (nǐrénhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), antropomorfiseren (Dutch), ihmisenkaltaistaa (Finnish), antropomorfisoida (Finnish), anthropomorphiser (French), vermenschlichen (German), anthropomorphisieren (German), ανθρωπομορφίζω (anthropomorfízo) (Greek), להאניש (Hebrew), antropomorfizzare (Italian), antropomorfizar (Portuguese), antropomorfizar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-anthropomorphize-en-verb-gBf3m1To Disambiguation of Anthropology: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anthropo-, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anthropo-: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 60 40 Disambiguation of 'attribute human qualities': 59 41
  2. (transitive) To attribute human-like characteristics to (something that is non-human). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Philosophy Translations (to attribute human-like characteristics to something that is non-human): antropomorfizować [imperfective] (Polish), антропоморфізува́ти (antropomorfizuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-anthropomorphize-en-verb-riCdgB19 Disambiguation of Philosophy: 36 64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anthropo- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anthropo-: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'to attribute human-like characteristics to something that is non-human': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: anthropomorphise (english: non-Oxford British spelling) Related terms: anthropomorphic, anthropomorphically, anthropomorphism, anthropomorphization

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