Close...but not quite. Anthropomorphism is attributing human traits (behaviors) to non-human entities, like dogs, cats, or cars. Accuracy in word use is important.
Close...but not quite. Accuracy in word use is important.
"Anthropomorphism, the interpretation of nonhuman things or events in terms of human characteristics, as when one senses malice in a computer or hears human voices in the wind. Derived from the Greek... the term was first used to refer to the attribution of human physical or mental features to deities."
Right, but the accurate word for seeing human faces or forms in random images is correctly called Pareidolia. Not traits, but faces and forms. Quite different from attributing behaviors or traits to inanimate objects or non-human species.
"My dog is smiling".... nope, he may be barring his teeth in anger. Anthropomorphism.
Anthropomorphism
Close...but not quite. Anthropomorphism is attributing human traits (behaviors) to non-human entities, like dogs, cats, or cars. Accuracy in word use is important.
"Anthropomorphism, the interpretation of nonhuman things or events in terms of human characteristics, as when one senses malice in a computer or hears human voices in the wind. Derived from the Greek... the term was first used to refer to the attribution of human physical or mental features to deities."
https://www.britannica.com/topic/anthropomorphism
Right, but the accurate word for seeing human faces or forms in random images is correctly called Pareidolia. Not traits, but faces and forms. Quite different from attributing behaviors or traits to inanimate objects or non-human species.
"My dog is smiling".... nope, he may be barring his teeth in anger. Anthropomorphism.
"I see the Man in the Moon." nope, Pareidolia.
Thankfully you are playing the Banjo and I am the one with a guitar.
Deliverance is like that. God Bless and enjoy , perspective alters meanings usually for the better.
"Quite different from attributing behaviors or traits to inanimate objects"
"the showing or treating of animals, gods, and objects as if they are human ("form of an angel") in appearance, character, or behaviour:"
Synonyms are like that .
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/anthropomorphism