Animals and pets that clearly do not display human-like tendencies, despite what their owners or handlers might say. Can also be used to describe a person with animal traits.
"Stay away from the dog show, lest you be bombarded with the delusions of people who think their unthropomorphic pets are guided by anything other than food and sex."
"Webbed-toes and ubiquitous body hair are just two of Steve's unthropomorphic traits."
"Webbed-toes and ubiquitous body hair are just two of Steve's unthropomorphic traits."
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Me: ANTHROPOMORPHISM TIME!
Note: I only do this with countries and warships (both have male characters)
Me: ANTHROPOMORPHISM TIME!
Note: I only do this with countries and warships (both have male characters)
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In this illustration by Milo Winter of the Aesop's fable, The North Wind and the Sun, an anthropomorphic North Wind tries to strip a traveler of his cloak.
Anthropomorphism is any attribution of human characteristics (or characteristics assumed to belong only to humans) to animals, non-living things, phenomena, material states, objects or abstract concepts, such as organizations, governments, spirits or deities. The term was coined in the mid 1700s.12 Examples include animals and plants and forces of nature such as winds, rain or the sun depicted as creatures with human motivations, and/or the abilities to reason and converse. The term derives from the combination of the Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos), "human" and μορφή (morphē), "shape" or "form".
As a literary device, anthropomorphism is strongly associated with art and storytelling where it has ancient roots. Most cultures possess a long-standing fable tradition with anthropomorphised animals as characters that can stand as commonly recognised types of human behavior. In contrast to this, such religious doctrines as the Christian Great Chain of Being propound the opposite, anthropocentric belief that animals, plants and non-living things, unlike humans, lack spiritual and mental attributes, immortal souls, and anything other than relatively limited awareness.
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In this illustration by Milo Winter of the Aesop's fable, The North Wind and the Sun, an anthropomorphic North Wind tries to strip a traveler of his cloak.
Anthropomorphism is any attribution of human characteristics (or characteristics assumed to belong only to humans) to animals, non-living things, phenomena, material states, objects or abstract concepts, such as organizations, governments, spirits or deities. The term was coined in the mid 1700s.12 Examples include animals and plants and forces of nature such as winds, rain or the sun depicted as creatures with human motivations, and/or the abilities to reason and converse. The term derives from the combination of the Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos), "human" and μορφή (morphē), "shape" or "form".
As a literary device, anthropomorphism is strongly associated with art and storytelling where it has ancient roots. Most cultures possess a long-standing fable tradition with anthropomorphised animals as characters that can stand as commonly recognised types of human behavior. In contrast to this, such religious doctrines as the Christian Great Chain of Being propound the opposite, anthropocentric belief that animals, plants and non-living things, unlike humans, lack spiritual and mental attributes, immortal souls, and anything other than relatively limited awareness.
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Get the Anthropomorphism mug.animals with human characteristics.. or better yet.. humans with animal characteristics. i mean.. c'mon animals are perfect, why would we ruin them by giving them human features? :P anyway.. very common anthros are foxes, wolves, tigers, lions, otters, rodents, and bears
when drawn in a sexual nature.. is known as yiff!! ^^
when drawn in a sexual nature.. is known as yiff!! ^^
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