*anthropo*

n. 1. an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values.
Syn. -- anthropocentrism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values.
Syn. -- anthropocentricity. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 the evolution or genesis of the human race.
Syn. -- anthropogeny. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to anthropogenesis; caused by mankind or by humans.
Syn. -- anthropogenic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to anthropogeny. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (1923) caused by humans; -- as, the anthropogenic extinction of species. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + &unr_; birth. ] The science or study of human generation, or the origin and development of man. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + geography. ] The science of the human species as to geographical distribution and environment. Broadly, it includes industrial, commercial, and political geography, and that part of ethnology which deals with distribution and physical environment. -- An`thro*po*ge*og"ra*pher n. -- An`thro*po*ge`o*graph"ic*al a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a`nqrwpos man + &unr_;, &unr_;, tongue. ] (Zool.) An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as the parrot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -graphy. ] That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations. P. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -oid. ] Resembling man; -- applied especially to certain apes, as the ourang or gorilla. -- n. An anthropoid ape. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Anthropoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Anthropoid. ] (Zool.) The suborder of primates which includes the monkeys, apes, and man. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + &unr_; worship. ] Man worship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -lite. ] (Paleon.) A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to anthropology; belonging to the nature of man. “Anthropologic wisdom.” Kingsley. -- An`thro*po*log"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One who is versed in anthropology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -logy. ] 1. The science of the structure and functions of the human body. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The science of man, including the study of the ditribution of physical and cultural attributes in relation to man's origin, location, history, and environment; -- sometimes used in a limited sense to mean the study of man as an object of natural history, or as an animal. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. That manner of expression by which the inspired writers attribute human parts and passions to God. See also anthropopathite, anthropopathism, anthropomorphist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -mancy. ] Divination by the entrails of human being. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to anthropometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -mercy. ] Measurement of the height and other dimensions of human beings, especially at different ages, or in different races, occupations, etc. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Anthropomorphism. ] (Zool.) The manlike, or anthropoid, apes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to anthropomorphism. Hadley. -- An`thro*po*mor"phic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; of human form; 'a`nqrwpos man + morfh` form. ] 1. The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The ascription of human characteristics to things not human. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Pertaining to anthropomorphism, or anthropomorphitism. Kitto. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anthropomorphism. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To attribute a human form or personality to. [ 1913 Webster ]

You may see imaginative children every day anthropomorphizing. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + -logy. See Anthropomorphism. ] The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Transformation into the form of a human being. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the figure of, or resemblance to, a man; as, an anthropomorphous plant. “Anthropomorphous apes.” Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. } [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + &unr_; usage, law, rule. ] The science of the laws of the development of the human organism in relation to other organisms and to environment. -- An`thro*po*nom"ic*al a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to anthropopathy. [ R. ] -- An`thro*po*path"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

The daring anthropopathic imagery by which the prophets often represent God as chiding, upbraiding, threatening. H. Rogers. [1913 Webster]

n. One who ascribes human feelings to deity. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a`nqrwpos man + &unr_; suffering, affection, passion, &unr_;, &unr_;, to suffer. ] The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity. [ 1913 Webster ]

In its recoil from the gross anthropopathy of the vulgar notions, it falls into the vacuum of absolute apathy. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; eating men; 'a`nqrwpos man + + &unr_; to eat. ] Man eaters; cannibals. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Relating to cannibalism or anthropophagy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who east human flesh. [ Ludicrous ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cannibal. W. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Feeding on human flesh; cannibal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] The eating of human flesh; cannibalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'anqropofyh`s of man's nature; 'a`nqropos a man + fyh` nature. ] Human nature. [ R. ] Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -scopy. ] The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + sofi`a wisdom, knowledge. ] Knowledge of the nature of man; hence, human wisdom. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is versed in anthropotomy, or human anatomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + tomh` a cutting. ] The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lycanthropic. [ 1913 Webster ]