What www.webster.com says About Anthropomorphic

Main Entry: an·thro·po·mor·phic

Pronunciation: "an(t)-thr&-p&-'mor-fik

Function: adjective

Etymology: Late Latin anthropomorphus of human form, from Greek anthrOpomorphos, from anthrOp- + -morphos -morphous

Date: 1827

1 : described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes

2 : ascribing human characteristics to nonhuman things

- an·thro·po·mor·phi·cal·ly /-fi-k(&-)lE/ adverb Anthropomorphic

What www.dictionary.com Says about Anthropomorphic

Anthropomorphic adj : suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things [syn: anthropomorphous, humanlike]