- (anthropomorphism) the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits
- Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics to animals or non-living things, phenomena, material states and objects or abstract concepts. ...
- In an anthropomorphic manner
- (anthropomorphism) giving human qualities to non-human realities
- (Anthropomorphism) ascription of human feelings or traits to nonhuman beings or entities
- (Anthropomorphism) From the Greek Anthropos, man. The act of endowing God or the gods with a human form and human attributes or qualities.
- (ANTHROPOMORPHISM) God is described in terms of a man. God is like man in at least some respects. "God's arm is not short that it cannot save."
- (ANTHROPOMORPHISM) The attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman beings or things. A label often misapplied by certain factions of the parrot industry to anyone who even suggests that parrots are capable of emotion, intelligence, or any kind of thought process.
- (Anthropomorphism) Do rivers have hands to clap (Ps. 98:8)? Does GOD have eyes (Ps. 33:18), although He is spirit (John 4:24)? Anthropomorphisms in the Bible describe non-human objects as though they have human characteristics. But how do we understand those verses that say GOD "repents" (Ex. ...
- (Anthropomorphism) 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.
- (Anthropomorphism) The tendency to refer to machines, such as computers, as if they have human traits, capabilities, or responsibilities.
- (Anthropomorphism) a figure of speech where the poet characterizes an abstract thing or object as if it were a person. See also personification.
- (Anthropomorphism) the giving of human attributes to abstract conceptions, especially in reference to divinity; e.g., the imaging of a god in the familiar shape of a human being in visual arts, in the mind, etc.
- (Anthropomorphism) the interpretation of God in the likeness of man.
- (Anthropomorphism) the practice of giving human attributes to animals, plants, rivers, winds, and the like or to such entities as Grecian urns and abstract ideas.
- (anthropomorphism) (anthro): The notion that human values ought to be, or are, central in importance.
- Anthropomorphism is the assigning of human attributes to God in order to describe God. Eg: phrases such as 'the breath of God', 'God hears', etc. This does not mean that God actually has lungs and ears, it is just a figure of speech. ...