Anthropomorphosis
transformation into human form.
Historical Examples
It is impossible not to discern here the anthropomorphosis of the four seasons.
Curious Myths of the Middle Ages Sabine Baring-Gould
noun
transformation into human form
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ascribing human form or attributes to a being or thing not human, especially to a deity. resembling or made to resemble a human form: an anthropomorphic carving. Historical Examples The same remark is applicable to the tailless condition of man; for the tail is absent in all the anthropomorphous apes. The Descent of Man and […]
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the science dealing with the laws regulating the development of the human organism in relation to other organisms and to environment.
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a personal name.
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ascription of human passions or feelings to a being or beings not human, especially to a deity. Historical Examples The older abstract term is “anthropopathy,” literally “attributing human feelings,” in sense (b). Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 Various noun the attribution of human passions, etc, to a deity, object, etc n. “ascribing […]