#anthropomorphic

• Anthropoid ape — The feminine form of 'antropoid'; describes a species of higher primates, an anatomical structure, or a behavioral manifestation exhibiting striking similarities to those of the human species. As a noun, it denotes a great ape from the Anthropoidea suborder (such as a female chimpanzee or gorilla) noted for the absence of a tail and a highly developed brain.
• Anthropomorphic — Having a human form, resembling the structure of the human body, or presenting a human appearance. In arts, religion, and folklore, the term describes prehistoric figurines, graphic depictions of deities, or mythological creatures structurally designed by borrowing human physical outlines, an element facilitating the audience's symbolic identification with the entity.
• Anthropomorphic (plural) — The plural form of the adjective 'antropomorf' in agreement with feminine or neuter nouns; also used as a collective noun to designate the entirety of prehistoric depictions, figurines, idols, or ceramic vessels shaped like humans. These archaeological pieces provide precious structural testimonies regarding the religious beliefs and artistic manifestations of Neolithic cultures.
• Anthropomorphic — Pertaining to anthropomorphism or presenting an anthropomorphic character; the structural tendency to attribute human qualities, emotions, intentions, motives, or shapes to non-human entities, such as deities, animals, inanimate objects, or natural phenomena. In cognitive psychology and literary studies, the term defines how language and thought humanize the surrounding reality to make it intelligible.
• Anthropomorphism — A conception, doctrine, or psychological and religious tendency to attribute human qualities, feelings, passions, intentions, and shapes to deities, animals, inanimate objects, or blind forces of nature. In the history of religions, it represents the core characteristic of ancient polytheism, whereas in modern psychology, it is considered a cognitive bias through which humans humanize their environment to make it intelligible.
• Anthropomorphization — The act of anthropomorphizing and its result; the psychological, cognitive, or artistic process through which human traits, shapes, intentions, emotional states, or behaviors are attributed to non-human entities (animals, deities, objects, or forces of nature). In cognitive sciences, it represents a projection mechanism utilized to decipher and make the surrounding environment familiar.