Anthropomorphize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌanθɹəpəˈmɔːfʌɪz/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Anthropomorphize is a verb meaning (transitive) To endow with human qualities.
Meaning
(transitive) To endow with human qualities.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To ascribe or attribute human characteristics and behaviors to entities.
Example Sentences
But for some animal-obsessive ceramists, anthropomorphizing as a sculptural approach is a zany (and speedy) joy.
Bonnie Lucas further anthropomorphizes the flower in her watercolors, combining it surreally with the human female figure[…]
A month away from twenty-six and there you are, in the middle of a Monday afternoon, genuinely engaged in the madcap antics of a slope-headed, claymated man and his anthropomorphized horse.
I do think that this perspective offers a useful corrective to the tendency to anthropomorphize large-language models, but there is another aspect to the compression analogy that is worth considering.
Word Forms
- anthropomorphizes
- anthropomorphizing
- anthropomorphized
- anthropomorphise
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include anthropomorphise, anthropize, humanize, humanify, hominize, overhumanize.
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