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ANTHROPOMORPHIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they anthropomorphize ... he / she / it anthropomorphizes
Past simple: anthropomorphized
Past participle: anthropomorphized
-ing form: anthropomorphizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ascribe human features to something
Synonyms:
anthropomorphise; anthropomorphize
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "anthropomorphize" is one way to...):
ascribe; assign; attribute; impute (attribute or credit to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Derivation:
anthropomorphism (the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits)