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ratomorphic, a. rare.|ˌrætəʊˈmɔːfɪk| [f. rat n.1 + -omorphic, after anthropomorphic a.] (See quot. 1964.) Also ˈratomorph, one who holds a ratomorphic view of human behaviour.
1964Koestler in Listener 14 May 786/2 It refuses to attribute to man any mental processes which cannot be shown to occur in lower animals. In other words, for the anthropomorphic view of the rat, Behaviourism has substituted a ratomorphic view of man. 1967Economist 21 Oct. 295/3 The author [sc. Koestler] presents a trenchant..criticism of behaviourism and experimental ‘ratomorphic’ views of men. 1977H. G. Burger in B. Bernardi Concept & Dynamics of Culture 460 In trying to overlook symboling, those who oversimplify subhuman abilities are ‘ratomorphs’, and have overlooked two and a half million years of hominid evolution. |