anthropomorphise

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English

Etymology

By surface analysis, anthropo- +‎ morph +‎ -ise.

Verb

anthropomorphise (third-person singular simple present anthropomorphises, present participle anthropomorphising, simple past and past participle anthropomorphised)

  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anthropomorphize.
    • 2013 November 12, Nathalia Gjersoe, “How gullible are we when it comes to robots?”, in The Guardian:
      Certainly we seem to readily anthropomorphise inanimate objects []
    • 2018 June 15, Emma Brockes, “No, Facebook, I won’t be back. I’ve seen the dangers of habitual sharing”, in The Guardian:
      It has been two months since I last checked my feed, during which time Facebook has sent me notifications I didn't sign up for, informing me every time someone posts, and invited me to attend locally organised focus groups. [] Of course, I am anthropomorphising a machine; no one is in charge of all this.