Help me, Linguists. I recently said that the Winter Roses were "trying to attract attention to themselves."
That was anthropomorphism. I am proud to say that I know the word that means "attributing human characteristics to animals, objects or Gods."
In a different entry I said that when I awakened, I was in a circle of blankets and bedding. I concluded that I was "nesting, like a bird" I looked up anthropomorphism in the unabridged dictionary seeking the antonym, a word meaning "attributing animal characteristics or behavior to humans", like nesting or territorialism. No luck.
Linguists, help me.
3 comments:
when I read you journal there are times I have to look up stuff , wish I could help!
"Zoomorphism". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_speech, the last entry in the list under "Tropes".
"Anthropo"="human", as in "anthropology".
"Zoo"="animal", as in "zoology".
"morphism"="condition of changing".
Another is "theriomorphism". See http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Theriomorphism. I believe theriomorphism, however, usually refers to applying animal *form* to a god, like the jackal god of Egypt.
Which you want would depend on how godlike you feel today.
~~Silk
http://SilkenDrum.blogspot.com/
Well done. Thank you. Zoomorphism. What a wonderful word. I said I was "nesting", a zoomorphism. Yay.And what a wonderful reference wiiipedia is.
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