How to Use anthropomorphism in a Sentence

anthropomorphism

noun
  • The anthropomorphism — putting things that are not human in human form — is a constant.
    — Gregory McNamee, CNN, 14 June 2021
  • Although there are dangers to anthropomorphism, there is also a lot to learn about ourselves from dogs.
    — Author: Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2018
  • Part of that is anthropomorphism, the urge to map our own feelings onto animals.
    — Niranjana Rajalakshmi, Popular Science, 14 May 2026
  • Not too long ago, Amarello's plea could have been dismissed as well-meaning anthropomorphism.
    — National Geographic, 10 Mar. 2016
  • In the face of such erasure, anthropomorphism can seem almost virtuous.
    — Eleanor Cummins, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Many animal researchers now say worries about anthropomorphism went too far.
    — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2024
  • This anthropomorphism is by no means limited to the document.
    — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
  • Green is adept at stripping away the layers of anthropomorphism and cliché that render our often strange Earth familiar to us.
    — Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 11 July 2023
  • In this way and many others, recent research has revealed, trees are spellbinding, rife for anthropomorphism.
    — Lauren Markham, Wired, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The temptation to treat AI as a human-like partner is real — and that’s where the risk of anthropomorphism comes in.
    — Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Like this, such instantaneous anthropomorphism has a deep effect on our cognitive process.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 19 July 2021
  • The look isn’t accusing (that would be anthropomorphism), but simply a cold, emotionless regard.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2021
  • People project anthropomorphism or project that personality onto them, but that’s not really there, right, in a strong way.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The robots' movements and their level of anthropomorphism may be complex phenomena that cannot be reduced to two factors.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2010
  • Some have explored this in questions of anthropomorphism, others in discussions about the anthropocene.
    — Deboki Chakravarti, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Liz is hardly the only example of residential anthropomorphism to hit the market in the recent years.
    — Lavanya Ramanathan, chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • But Van Wassenbergh also suspects that many researchers have been misled by a simple form of anthropomorphism.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 14 July 2022
  • Called anthropomorphism, this is a common phenomenon that makes the unknown seem more familiar and predictable.
    — Sabrina Sholts, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The robot's level of anthropomorphism does not only depend on its appearance but also on its behavior.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2010
  • Not everyone is happy about the anthropomorphism and potential hype language involved.
    — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The imperative to be on guard against anthropomorphism infuses almost every aspect of modern life.
    — Eleanor Cummins, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2022
  • This enterprise may be suspected of anthropomorphism—the projection onto animals of our own thoughts and feelings.
    — Robert O. Paxton, The New York Review of Books, 25 Feb. 2021
  • The tacit argument of a zoo is that anthropomorphism is a constructive fiction — a way for humans to connect with other animals and develop a stake in their fates.
    — Molly Young, Curbed, 15 Mar. 2021
  • For decades, scientists hesitated to study animal emotions lest they be accused of anthropomorphism.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Unlike anthropomorphism – projecting human characteristics onto a machine – this feeling is born from a sense of care for the machine.
    — Janet Vertesi, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2023
  • That sort of anthropomorphism is generally frowned upon, now, in scientific circles.
    — David Scharfenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2018
  • In the current study, this anthropomorphism is empirically tested.
    — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2015
  • The article presented these anecdotes wryly, for the most part, as instances of harmless anthropomorphism, but the same instinct was already driving public policy.
    — Meghan O'Gieblyn, Wired, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Darwin’s and Romanes’ notions, though, were largely based on theory, observation and a healthy dollop of anthropomorphism.
    — Alla Katsnelson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Darwin’s and Romanes’s notions, though, were largely based on theory, observation and a healthy dollop of anthropomorphism.
    — Alla Katsnelson, Discover Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023

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