anthropomorphism

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English - Turkish
antropomorfizm
insanbiçimcilik
(Sosyoloji, Toplumbilim) İnsanbiçimcilik, antropomorfizm: İnsan şeklinde putlara inanma ve tapma esasına dayanan bir din. Allah'ı insan vasıflarıyla tasavvur eden dinî inançlar da antropomorfizm'in başka kılıkta görünüşleridir
(isim) insanbiçimcilik
anthropomorphous insan şeklinde
English - English
the attribution of human characteristics to divine beings
the attribution or ascription to inanimate objects, animals, forces of nature etc, of characteristics believed or assumed by some to belong exclusively to humans
The process of labeling animal behavior using terms that apply to human behavior
The act of ascribing human characteristics to non-humans (especially to God)
The tendency to ascribe human features (such as hands or arms) or other human characteristics to God
Attribution of human characteristics to non-human things Thus, an anthropomorphic religion treats god as a personal being, and anthropomorphic natural theories may suppose that plants, animals, or the earth itself think and feel in the same ways that we do Recommended Reading: Eileen Crist, Images of Animals: Anthropomorphism and Animal Mind (Temple, 2000) {at Amazon com} and Anthropomorphism, Anecdotes, and Animals, ed by Robert W Mitchell, Nicholas S Thompson, and H Lyn Miles (SUNY, 1996) {at Amazon com} Also see BGHT, ColE, ISM, noesis, CE, and MacE
The tendency to ascribe human features (such as hands or arms) or other human characteristics to God See p 140
embuing machines (especially computers) with human capabilities or responsibilities
( adj anthropomorphic) A Greek term for the attribution of human behavior or characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, natural phenomena, or deity; with regard to deity, anthropomorphism became a point of theological discussion in Judaism, Christianity and Islam See Part 1
The ascription to God of human anatomy such as hands, arms, eyes, etc
the attributing of human qualities to non-human entities, especially to God
a figure of speech where the poet characterizes an abstract thing or object as if it were a person See also personification
An IA behaviour, of learning the from users action, for e g , mail sorting programs, spam blocking programs that learn how to weed out email based on watching the user's action and making inferences
The tendency to refer to machines, such as computers, as if they have human traits, capabilities, or responsibilities
Anthropomorphism is from the Greek [anthropos] meaning human, and [morphe] which means form It is the doctrine of ascribing human form or human attributes to a deity In Christianity it is when people ascribe human features like hands, legs, feet, or other such human characteristics, to God [back]
The representation of a non-human as a human God in the earlier parts of the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) is described in human terms, as having a body Sometimes anthropomorphism is extended to animals who are assumed to have human feelings
Attributing human characteristics to something not human; particularly, ascribing human shape and form to a deity
Attributing human characteristics to non-human entities such as animals, inanimate objects, or God Genesis 3: 8 is an anthropomorphic image of God walking in the garden The book of Proverbs contains several anthropomorphic portrayals of Wisdom as a woman
Seeing animals or the world itself as having human characteristics, particularly as having feelings and motives like those of human beings Everything is like us See Pathetic fallacy
projection of human characteristics onto nonhuman things
The idea that ascribes to God, or a god, the characteristics of a human being
the attributing of human shape or characteristics to gods, objects, animals, etc
Attribution of human characteristics to machines, animals or things
The endowing of nonhuman objects or forces with human characteristics
the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits
Ascribing human characteristics to animals or physical events
The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections
the attribution or ascription of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, forces of nature etc
The ascription of human characteristics to things not human
Anthropomorphism is the idea that an animal, a god, or an object has feelings or characteristics like those of a human being
{i} act of giving human qualities to things which are not human
anthropomorphitism
anthropomorphitic
anthropomorphism

    Hyphenation

    an·thro·po·mor·phism

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos, “man, human being”) + Ancient Greek μορφή (morphē, “form”) + -ism
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