v., -phized, -phiz·ing, -phiz·es. v.tr.
To ascribe human characteristics to.
v.intr.
To ascribe human characteristics to things not human.
anthropomorphization an'thro·po·mor'phi·za'tion (-fĭ-zā'shən) n.
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