A form of personification in which human qualities are attributed to anything inhuman, usually a god, animal, object, or concept. In Vachel Lindsay’s “What the Rattlesnake Said,” for example, a snake [..]

1753, "attributing of human qualities to a deity;" see anthropomorphic + -ism. Of other non-human things, from 1858. Related: Anthropomorphist (1610s).

attributing human characteristics to other organisms or inanimate objects.

Human qualities are given to animals. Used in many books, animations and cartoons. It may be easier to accept criticism or acknowledge social issues when human behaviour is represented through non-humans.

the tendency in animated films to give creatures or objects human qualities, abilities, and characteristics. Examples: from Watership Down (1978) and Beauty and the Beast (1991)

The attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman beings and objects. antibiosis

n. the attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman entities for example, animals, deities, plants, and objects. Although this cannot be empirically proven, it remains an aspect of popular culture [..]

Anthropomorphism is when human characteristics are attributed to a non-human object or organism. It is ascribing human feelings, traits, and explanations of behavior to animals or objects. An example [..]

The attribution of human feelings to animals or inanimate objects e.g. Hawk Roosting by Ted Hughes. See also personification.  

The assigning of human characteristics to animals, natural phenomena, inanimate objects, or abstract ideas.  In anthropomorphic religion, human qualities, behavior and form are attributed to a deity o [..]

(n) the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits

Seeing animals or the world itself as having human characteristics, particularly as having feelings and motives like those of human beings. Everything is like us. See Pathetic fallacy.

The act of giving human characteristics, behaviors, feelings and/or motivations to animals or objects. Animals are frequently anthropomorphized in literature and in movies.

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. Origin: Gr. Of human form; man + form. (01 Mar 1998)

The attribution of human characteristics and behavior to which is not human. from the mid-18th c. (theology) the attribution of human characteristics to divine beings

The attribution of human form, characteristics, or behavior to nonhuman things.

Who's your favorite talking dog? Goofy? Brian Griffin? Odie the pug?No matter your answer, you already know anthropomorphism like the back of your hand. Put simply, it's when an object or an [..]