anthropomorphic
Given human traits
Anthropomorphic means having human form or characteristics.
The term typically describes the attribution of human traits to nonhuman things—gods, animals, or objects: anthropomorphic depictions of foxes in medieval fables, an anthropomorphic talking car.
Ancient religions often featured anthropomorphic deities with human bodies and emotions.
The word appears frequently in discussions of animation, mythology, and artificial intelligence.
Ancient Greek fable writer
- parableInstructive allegorical narrative
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- personificationAttributing humanity to non-humans
lesson · storytelling · folklore · narrative · trickster · Reynard · Anansi · fabulist
Something that extends outward
- empathySharing another's emotions
- relatabilityQuality inviting connection
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- personificationAttributing humanity to non-humans
attribution · pareidolia · humanlike · sentience · cognition · bonding · interspecies · identification
Aesop
Ancient Greek fable writer
- parableInstructive allegorical narrative
- allegorySymbolic tale with deeper meaning
- moralityRight and wrong principles
personification · lesson · storytelling · folklore · narrative · trickster · Reynard · Anansi · fabulist · didactic
projection
Something that extends outward
- empathySharing another's emotions
- relatabilityQuality inviting connection
- attachmentConnection or fondness
personification · attribution · pareidolia · humanlike · sentience · cognition · bonding · interspecies · identification · anthropocentrism
character
Nature, symbol, or role
- PixarDigital animation studio
- DisneyMajor entertainment conglomerate
- cartoonAnimated or humorous illustration
CGI · 3D · voiceover · mascot · animated · motion-capture · rigging · modeling · rendering · animator
deities
Worshipped supernatural beings
avatars · Anubis · Ganesh · Thoth · Horus · Bastet · sphinx · centaur · minotaur · satyr
- cartoon visualsaction lines, speech bubble, thought bubble, pow, bam
- character artcharacter design, character sheet, concept art, reference sheet, turnaround
- Centaur ArtChiron, half-horse, half-human, hybrid, Greek vases
- illuminationillumination, illuminated manuscripts, illuminators, historiated initials, miniature
anthropomorphicdehumanized
Denied basic personhood
inhuman · nonhuman · mechanistic · zoomorphic · abstract
anthropomorphicamorphous
Without distinct shape
formless · geometric · shapeless · mechanical · non-figurative
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