English Explanatory Dictionary

anthropopeia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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. Depiction or representation as human; anthropomorphism.

Pronunciation

ănthrō'pōpēʹyə ăn'thrəpōpēʹyə /ænˌθɹəʊpəʊˈpiːjə/ /ˌænθɹəpəʊˈpiːjə/

Word forms

anthropopeia anthropopoeia anthropopœia anthropeia anthropoeia anthropœia

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἀνθρωποποιΐα (anthrōpopoiḯa), from ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, human being”) + -ποιία (-poiía, “making”).

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on A Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary