anthropopeia

English

Alternative forms

• (full forms) anthropopoeia, anthropopœia
• (syncopic forms) anthropeia, anthropoeia, anthropœia

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἀνθρωποποιία (anthrōpopoiía), from ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, human being”) + -ποιία (-poiía) (-poiia, “-making”; from ποιέω (poiéō), poieō, “I make”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ănthrō'pōpēʹyə, ăn'thrəpōpēʹyə; IPA^(key): /ænˌθɹəʊpəʊˈpiːjə/, /ˌænθɹəpəʊˈpiːjə/

Noun

anthropopeia (uncountable)

1. Scientific enquiry aimed at the deduction of the laws that regulate the interactions of the anatomical, biological, and psychological elements of human physiology.
2. (rhetoric) Depiction or representation as human; anthropomorphism.