deanthropomorphisation
English
Alternative forms
- deanthropomorphization
Etymology
From deanthropomorphise.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /diːˌænθɹəpə(ʊ)mɔːfaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Noun
deanthropomorphisation (usually uncountable, plural deanthropomorphisations)
- The removal of a thing's anthropomorphic nature; making something less human in form or character.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 424:
- Pure anachronism! says the survival theory – anachronism for which deanthropomorphisation of the imagination is the remedy required.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 424: