anthropopeia
English
Alternative forms
- (full forms) anthropopoeia, anthropopœia
- (syncopic forms) anthropeia, anthropoeia, anthropœia
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ἀνθρωποποιία (anthrōpopoiía), from ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, human being”) + -ποιία (-poiía) (-poiia, “-making”; from ποιέω (poiéō), poieō, “I make”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ănthrō'pōpēʹyə, ăn'thrəpōpēʹyə; IPA(key): /ænˌθɹəʊpəʊˈpiːjə/, /ˌænθɹəpəʊˈpiːjə/
Noun
anthropopeia (uncountable)
- Scientific enquiry aimed at the deduction of the laws that regulate the interactions of the anatomical, biological, and psychological elements of human physiology.
- (rhetoric) Depiction or representation as human; anthropomorphism.