"anthropomorphization" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌænθɹɒpəˌmɔːɹfəˈzeɪʃən/, /-faɪˈzeɪʃən/ Forms: anthropomorphizations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} anthropomorphization (countable and uncountable, plural anthropomorphizations)
  1. endowing with human qualities. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (attribution of human qualities): Vermenschlichung [feminine] (German), Anthropomorphisierung [feminine] (German), 擬人化 (gijinka) (alt: ぎじんか) (Japanese), antropomorfizacja [feminine] (Polish), antropomorfizm [masculine] (Polish), antropomorfização [feminine] (Portuguese), antropomorfización [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-anthropomorphization-en-noun-breJRTYC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'attribution of human qualities': 79 21
  2. attributing human characteristics to something that is nonhuman. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-anthropomorphization-en-noun-gogOas9Y Categories (other): Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: anthropomorphic, anthropomorphically, anthropomorphism, anthropomorphize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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