deanthropomorphisation

English

Alternative forms

• deanthropomorphization

Etymology

From deanthropomorphise.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /diːˌænθɹəpə(ʊ)mɔːfaɪˈzeɪʃən/

Noun

deanthropomorphisation (usually uncountable, plural deanthropomorphisations)

1. The removal of a thing's anthropomorphic nature; making something less human in form or character.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience […] ‎^[1], London: Folio Society, published 2008, page 424:

     Pure anachronism! says the survival theory – anachronism for which deanthropomorphisation of the imagination is the remedy required.