We as humans do this to our pets, our trees our ships both air and sea and sometimes we anthropomorphise our cars and rocks and mountains and Lakes and Rivers and Oceans.
Understanding that things are what they are whether they are defined in human terms or not is helpful in understanding this.
For example HISTORY literally means HIS STORY it's not HER STORY for example or the Story of some poor SOB killed by a Male somewhere which could be fictional or not.
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an·thro·po·mor·phize
/ˌanTHrəpəˈmôrˌfīz/
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gerund or present participle: anthropomorphising
- attribute human characteristics or behavior to (a god, animal, or object)."people's tendency to anthropomorphize their dogs"
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Meaning of anthropomorphize in English
to show or treat an animal, god, or object as if it is human in appearance, character, or behaviour: Problems can develop when people anthropomorphize their pets.Jan 14, 2026
to show or treat an animal, god, or object as if it is human in appearance, character, or behaviour: Problems can develop when people anthropomorphize their pets.Jan 14, 2026
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transitive verb : to attribute human form or personality to intransitive verb : to attribute human form or personality to things not human.
Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human form, character, or attributes to non-human entities. It is considered to be an innate tendency of human ...
to show or treat an animal, god, or object as if it is human in appearance, character, or behavior: Problems can develop when people anthropomorphize their pets ...
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