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Anthropomorphism

Anthropomorphism is the ascribing of human personality, appearance, conduct, cognition, or other attributes to non-human entities, often including non-human animals. In fiction and folklore, it is specifically the endowing of non-human characters with human-like behaviors, speech, facial expressions, etc.; common examples include intelligent talking…

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related to In television · 37
Anthropomorphism → All, American, American English, American Netflix, Biker Mice From Mars, Bikini Bottom, BoJack Horseman, Brian, Cartoon Network's, Centaurworld, Diane, Dr, Equestria, Family Guy, Friendship Is Magic, Gumball, Hasbro Studios' TV, Horsin' Around, In, Martinis
related to Further reading · 25
Anthropomorphism → Art, Baynes, Bibcode, Cambridge University Press, Charles Scribner's Sons, Encyclopædia Britannica, Hugh, In Chisholm, ISBN, John, Kennedy, Mackintosh, Mind, Mithen, New York, Origins, Phoenix, Religion, Robert, Science
see also · 23
Anthropomorphism → Academic, Aniconism, Antithetic, Art, Attribution, Being, Chain, Class, Entity, Fictional, Form, Hypothesis, Hypothetical, Medieval Christian, Mythical, Philosophical, Rhetorical, Scientific, Seeing, Subculture
related to In marketing · 21
Anthropomorphism → Clippy, Energizer Bunny, For, Funabashi, Funassyi, Japan, Kumamon, Kumamoto Prefecture, Michelin Man, Most, Olympics, Other, Ronald McDonald, San Diego Chicken, The, These, Tokyo, Two, United States's Democratic Party, When
related to In science · 16
Anthropomorphism → Animals, Biologists, Charles Darwin's, Despite, Emotions, For, In, Ivan Pavlov, Konrad Lorenz, Man, More, Some, The, The Expression, The Oxford, Wheeler
related to Post-minimalism · 15
Anthropomorphism → Abstraction, Briony Fer's, Caillous, Curator Lucy Lippard's Eccentric, Eccentric Abstraction, Eva Hesse, Fer, For Fer, Fried's, Instead, Louise Bourgeois, Reacting, Roger Caillois, She, Surrealist
related to Fables · 14
Anthropomorphism → Aesop's, Apollonius, CE, Collections, Days, Hesiod's Works, India, Jataka Tales, Many, Nightingale, Panchatantra, The, The Hawk, Tyana
related to External links · 12
Anthropomorphism → American, Archived, Astrobiology, Astronomy, December, Encyclopedia, Graphic Design, Horowitz, Human-Animal Relationships, Spaceflight, The Gallery, Wayback Machine Collection
related to In video games · 12
Anthropomorphism → Another, As, Donkey Kong, Hedgehog, Koopas, Mario, Other, Sonic, Super Mario, Super Mario Bros, This, Yoshi
related to Animals · 11
Anthropomorphism → Butterfield, Examples, Furthermore, However, It, Life, On, Other, Previous, This, Treating

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animals anthropomorphic human characters form humans examples also series people behavior like one example often objects emotions deities may social

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Anthropomorphismis aascribing of human personality0.90text
Anthropomorphismis aperception of a divine being or beings in human form0.90text
Anthropomorphismis acognitive process by which people use their schemas about other humans as a basis for inferring the properties of non-human entities in order to make efficient judgements about…0.90text
nationsinstance ofor abstract concepts0.80text
emotionsinstance ofor abstract concepts0.80text
and natural forces like weather or the seasonsinstance ofor abstract concepts0.80text
beautyinstance ofAnthropomorphic deities exhibited human qualities0.80text
wisdominstance ofAnthropomorphic deities exhibited human qualities0.80text
and powerinstance ofAnthropomorphic deities exhibited human qualities0.80text
and sometimes human weaknesses such as greedinstance ofAnthropomorphic deities exhibited human qualities0.80text
hatredinstance ofAnthropomorphic deities exhibited human qualities0.80text
jealousyinstance ofAnthropomorphic deities exhibited human qualities0.80text

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