Anthropomancy
(An"thro*po*man`cy) n. [Gr. man + -mancy.] Divination by the entrails of human being.
Anthropometric
(An`thro*po*met"ric An`thro*po*met"ric*al) a. Pertaining to anthropometry.
Anthropometry
(An`thro*pom"e*try) n. [Gr. man + -mercy.] Measurement of the height and other dimensions
of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc. Dunglison.
Anthropomorpha
(||An`thro*po*mor"pha) n. pl. [NL. See Anthropomorphism.] (Zoöl.) The manlike, or
anthropoid, apes.
Anthropomorphic
(An`thro*po*mor"phic) a. Of or pertaining to anthropomorphism. Hadley. — An`thro*po*mor"phic*al*ly
adv.
Anthropomorphism
(An`thro*po*mor"phism) n. [Gr. of human form; man + form.]
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.
Anthropomorphist
(An`thro*po*mor"phist) n. One who attributes the human form or other human attributes
to the Deity or to anything not human.
Anthropomorphite
(An`thro*po*mor"phite) n. One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to
the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed
that God has a human form, etc. Tillotson.
Anthropomorphitic
(An`thro*po*mor*phit"ic) a. (Biol.) to anthropomorphism. Kitto.
Anthropomorphitism
(An`thro*po*mor"phi*tism) n. Anthropomorphism. Wordsworth.
Anthropomorphize
(An`thro*po*mor"phize) v. t. & i. To attribute a human form or personality to.
You may see imaginative children every day anthropomorphizing.
Lowell.
Anthropomorphology
(An`thro*po*mor*phol"o*gy) n. [Gr. + -logy. See Anthropomorphism.] The
application to God of terms descriptive of human beings.
Anthropomorphosis
(An`thro*po*mor"pho*sis) n. Transformation into the form of a human being.
Anthropomorphous
(An`thro*po*mor"phous) a. Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; as, an
anthropomorphous plant. "Anthropomorphous apes." Darwin.
Anthropopathic
(An`thro*po*path"ic An`thro*po*path"ic*al) a. Of or pertaining to anthropopathy. [R.] —
An`thro*po*path"ic*al*ly, adv.
The daring anthropopathic imagery by which the prophets often represent God as chiding, upbraiding,
threatening.
H. Rogers.
Anthropopathism
(An`thro*pop"a*thism An`thro*pop"a*thy) n. [Gr. man + suffering, affection, passion,
to suffer.] The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity.
In its recoil from the gross anthropopathy of the vulgar notions, it falls into the vacuum of absolute apathy.
Hare.
Anthropophagi
(||An`thro*poph"a*gi) n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. eating men; man + + to eat.] Man eaters; cannibals.
Shak.
