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anthropomorphic
an-thruh-puh-MOR-fik
noun, adjective
human attributes attributed to non-human things
1912John BurroughsTime and ChangeScience has fairly turned us out of our comfortable little anthropomorphic notion of things into the great out-of-doors of the universe.1916Nikolai VelimirovicThe Religious Spirit of the SlavsAll the forces, whether friendly or unfriendly to man, are man like, anthropomorphic, and none of them are indifferent to human life and doings.1974Alan Dean FosterDream Done GreenThe mal standing in the foyer was not as large as some. La Moure's elephants were much bigger. But it was extraordinary in other ways. Particularly the head. Why ... it was exquisite! Truly breathtaking. Not an anthropomorphic beauty, but something uniquely its own.

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