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.


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