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单词 zoomorphize
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zoomorphizev.

Brit. /ˌzuː(ə)ˈmɔːfʌɪz/, /ˌzəʊəˈmɔːfʌɪz/, U.S. /ˌzu(ə)ˈmɔrˌfaɪz/, /ˌzoʊəˈmɔrˌfaɪz/
Forms: 1900s– zoomorphise, 1900s– zoomorphize.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: zoomorph n., -ize suffix.
Etymology: < zoomorph n. + -ize suffix, after anthropomorphize v. Compare earlier zoomorphizing n.
transitive. To make zoomorphic; to attribute an animal form or nature to.
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the world > animals > [verb (intransitive)] > attribute animal form to
zoomorphize1940
1940 A. B. Cook Zeus III. ii. (Addenda) 1075 The wood anthropomorphized into the hero, the bow zoomorphized into his eagle.
1968 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 1184/2 That he zoomorphizes man is to be expected.
1984 Polit. Psychol. 5 621 Are we simply zoomorphizing man?
2006 Guardian 16 May (G2 section) 25/3 Long before Darwin, Hume similarly zoomorphised the human power of empirical reasoning.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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