The Bwami also have a tradition of anthropomorphic figurines that share a similar style of facial expression. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
Scientifically, they bear the name anthropomorphic geoglyphics. From Wordnik.com. [Victorville Daily Press :] Reference
And as far as Ibn Hazm is concerned, does not the Quran abound in anthropomorphic expressions?. From Wordnik.com. [jhvh self destructs] Reference
Our brains naturally incline towards interpreting stimuli -- rocks, ships, stuffed animals, clouds -- in anthropomorphic terms, and gods are no exception. From Wordnik.com. [Valerie Tarico: Psychology of God: Do Christians Believe God Has Emotions?] Reference
Gnolls are a fictional race of humanoid creatures, usually described as anthropomorphic hyenas. From Wordnik.com. [Gaming inspired Art] Reference
Of its imagery the most evident characteristic is what may be called the anthropomorphic treatment of nature. From Wordnik.com. [Rime of the ancient mariner] Reference
(For comparison, it is not uncommon for discussions of the powers of Natural Selection to speak in anthropomorphic terms about what it designs or creates, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Bits and Pieces of an RNA World] Reference
Though "anthropomorphic" for sure has more comic-book potential. From Wordnik.com. [I say potato, you say fairie] Reference
An excited Mr Gates described the main footprint as anthropomorphic, meaning it had human characteristics. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
But then again, this is just the kind of anthropomorphic wishful thinking the SETI people seem to caught up in. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: E.T. Hackers] Reference
The term "anthropomorphic" is too easily applied to philosophical systems, as if it constituted a criticism of their validity. From Wordnik.com. [Bygone Beliefs] Reference
Unity, but fervently denying any 'anthropomorphic' or 'animistic'. From Wordnik.com. [Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning] Reference
It is "anthropomorphic" to ascribe human-like characteristics to animals. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Paine's Corner] Reference
The Victorians were interested in the same kind of anthropomorphic tableau. From Wordnik.com. [ Politics] Reference
The Odyssean journey is accomplished as the most "anthropomorphic" of artefacts returns. From Wordnik.com. [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
This means that we shouldn't mess around with our species by becoming "anthropomorphic" people. From Wordnik.com. [Hartford Advocate: News] Reference
No anthropomorphic conception can be predicated of him. From Wordnik.com. [Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891] Reference
Once purge the mind of anthropomorphic conceptions as to the. From Wordnik.com. [The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1] Reference
"Although he has a strong personality he has no anthropomorphic features.". From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of the Dragon] Reference
The myth, as it appears in Genesis, is quite polytheistic and anthropomorphic. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
It tickles these anthropomorphic fancies, which are at the bottom of all their creeds. From Wordnik.com. [Cecilia de Noël] Reference
The outlook of alchemy on the world outside human beings was essentially anthropomorphic. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry] Reference
The children of The Cat in the Hat are left in the care of a massive anthropomorphic feline. From Wordnik.com. [Is the ‘Wild Things’ Movie Too Scary for Kids?] Reference
Unlike the earliest carvings, they are not naturalistic, but depict fantastic, anthropomorphic personages. From Wordnik.com. [Portals to Other Realities] Reference
Not anthropomorphic theology so much as ecclesiasticism is the major burden on their thinking about deity. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Progress] Reference
This also appears to be an instance of the personification of animals and the corn into anthropomorphic deities. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
In the enchanting "Pish, Posh, said Hieronymus Bosch," their fanciful, lush paintings explode with anthropomorphic activity. From Wordnik.com. [Innocence And Experience] Reference
Few works of art more fully and more attractively show the anthropomorphic tendency of Greek art than the sunrise vase of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
They are not cats you might know in their plush toy purring form, with anthropomorphic names like “Little Man” and “Adelle.”. From Wordnik.com. [Animals, Animals, Animals] Reference
"Playing" sounds anthropomorphic here, but it's hard to say what else they were doing — they weren't feeding, as far as we could tell. From Wordnik.com. [Sonoma Coast] Reference
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