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Anthropomorphism   Listen
noun
Anthropomorphism  n.  
1.
The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections.
2.
The ascription of human characteristics to things not human.





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"Anthropomorphism" Quotes from Famous Books



... less the conceptions proper to humanity; we have no capacities with which to correct them; let us hold fast by our human best, and preserve, as the preacher very correctly expressed it, "the integrity of our anthropomorphism." The "magnified non-natural man," and "the three Lord Shaftesburys" of Matthew Arnold's irony are regarded with no fine scorn by the intellect of Browning. His early Christian faith has expanded and taken the non-historical form of a Humanitarian Theism, courageously accepted, not ...
— Robert Browning • Edward Dowden
... the environment. But this favorableness must be construed in terms of what are held to be man's highest interests. Consequently, the disposition and motive of God always reflect human purposes. This is the main source of the inevitable anthropomorphism of religion. ...
— The Moral Economy • Ralph Barton Perry


Words linked to "Anthropomorphism" :   theanthropism, anthropomorphize


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