humaniformadj.

Brit.

/hjʊˈmanᵻfɔːm/, U.S.

/hjuˈmænəˌfɔrm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: human n., -iform comb. form.

Etymology: < human n. + -iform comb. form. Compare earlier anthropomorphic adj. and human-like adj. Compare also earlier humaniformian n. With later use compare humanoid adj.

1. = anthropomorphic adj. 2.

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1849 A. Herbert Cyclops Christiannus ii. 22 The gods themselves were not monoliths or menhirion; but stocks of wood, hewn into some characteristic shapes, rather than humaniform carvings.

1870 Proc. Lit. & Philos. Soc. Liverpool Apr. 196 Their strange boldness in conceiving of God as strictly humaniform, even as to shape and size.

1891 Notes & Queries Nov. 395/1 A white French bean, with a dark humaniform marking about the hilum, is ‘Harricot St. Esprit’.

1910 L. B. Farrar Eternity of Matter liii. 250 The meaning of the word God... has been all the time changing from the definite, visible, tangible, audible and humaniform, and plural, to the..too indefinite for exact expression.

1984 Times 12 Apr. 11/4 [In ‘The Robots of Dawn’ by Isaac Asimov] we witness the detective Elijah Baley sent to Aurora to investigate the roboticide of a humaniform robot.

2002 Electronics Weekly (Nexis) 14 Aug. (News section) 6 Shadow is developing mechanics, electronics and software for robots... Eventually it intends to develop self-contained autonomous humaniform robots, but this is ten to 15 years away.

†2. = anthropomorphic adj. 1. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > people > anthropocentrism > [adjective] > anthropomorphism

anthropomorphous1839

anthropomorphic1845

anthropomorphistic1850

humaniform1889

1889 Amer. Antiquarian 11 11 All religion being more or less anthropomorphic, or humaniform.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	humaniform
释义	humaniformadj. Brit. /hjʊˈmanᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /hjuˈmænəˌfɔrm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: human n., -iform comb. form. Etymology: < human n. + -iform comb. form. Compare earlier anthropomorphic adj. and human-like adj. Compare also earlier humaniformian n. With later use compare humanoid adj. 1. = anthropomorphic adj. 2. ΚΠ 1849 A. Herbert Cyclops Christiannus ii. 22 The gods themselves were not monoliths or menhirion; but stocks of wood, hewn into some characteristic shapes, rather than humaniform carvings. 1870 Proc. Lit. & Philos. Soc. Liverpool Apr. 196 Their strange boldness in conceiving of God as strictly humaniform, even as to shape and size. 1891 Notes & Queries Nov. 395/1 A white French bean, with a dark humaniform marking about the hilum, is ‘Harricot St. Esprit’. 1910 L. B. Farrar Eternity of Matter liii. 250 The meaning of the word God... has been all the time changing from the definite, visible, tangible, audible and humaniform, and plural, to the..too indefinite for exact expression. 1984 Times 12 Apr. 11/4 [In ‘The Robots of Dawn’ by Isaac Asimov] we witness the detective Elijah Baley sent to Aurora to investigate the roboticide of a humaniform robot. 2002 Electronics Weekly (Nexis) 14 Aug. (News section) 6 Shadow is developing mechanics, electronics and software for robots... Eventually it intends to develop self-contained autonomous humaniform robots, but this is ten to 15 years away. †2. = anthropomorphic adj. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > anthropocentrism > [adjective] > anthropomorphism anthropomorphous1839 anthropomorphic1845 anthropomorphistic1850 humaniform1889 1889 Amer. Antiquarian 11 11 All religion being more or less anthropomorphic, or humaniform. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1849
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