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What does anthropomorphize mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word anthropomorphize? Here's what it means.

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  1. To endow with human qualities.
  2. To attribute human characteristics to something that is non-human.
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In extending this term, which refers originally to human behavior, to analogous infrahuman animal behavior, we must be careful not to anthropomorphize the latter.
We don't laugh at objects or animals unless we anthropomorphize them.
It's not just an artifact of the human propensity to anthropomorphize things.
It's a good nightmare but a poor premise for a Crichton novel, in that it's hard to anthropomorphize, and unlikely to be solved by running around.
Jaffarian is a witty writer who can anthropomorphize a tomato in a humorous way.
From the stuffed Teddy's many of us grew up with, to popular icons like Smokey and Yogi, Americans anthropomorphize bears.

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