anthropomorphic (anthropomorfik)

[As anthropomorph ous + -ic.] 11. Re Relating to or characterized by anthropomorphism: as, an tv. thro pom orphic conceptions of Deity. conception of the Unknown Cause. We everywhere see fading away the anthropomorphic H. Spencer, Prin. of Biol., § 111. The curiously anthropomorphic idea of stones being husbands and wives, and even having children, is familiar to the Fijians as it is to the Peruvians and the Lapps. E. B. Tylor , Prim. Culture, II. 149. 2. Resembling man; approaching man in type; anthropoid: as, anthropomorphic apes. a . Of anthropomorphic character or tendency. [Rare.] narians against the orthodox Christians of the fourth and fifth centuries, who held the doctrine of the perfect hu kal-i), adv. In an anthropomorphic manner; man nature of Christ. in or as of the human form. anthropomorph i tical "thro-po-môr-fit'ik, -i-kal), a . [ anthro pom or phi tic us , anthropomorph itæ , anthropomorph i tes: see anthropomorphite .] Pertaining to or characterized by anthropomorphism. anthropomorph it ism (anthro-po-môr fi tizm), n. [ -ism .] The doctrines of anthropomorph i tes; anthropomorphism.