what does anthropomorphize mean.?

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• VERB:

  tr.

  To ascribe human characteristics to.

  VERB:

  intr.

  To ascribe human characteristics to things not human.

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  to attribute human shape or characteristics to (a god, animal, etc.)

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  to attribute a human form or personality to.

  "You may see imaginative children every day anthropomorphizing." (Lowell)

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• To give a non-human abilities to act like a human. There are a lot of anthropomorphisms in for instance Narnia.

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• Applying human traits or characteristics to non-human things is anthropomorphism. For example, people often depict God as an old, grey haired man with a beard.

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