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  • noun Scientific enquiry aimed at the deduction of the laws that regulate the interactions of the anatomical, biological, and psychological elements of human physiology.
  • noun rhetoric Depiction or representation as human; anthropomorphism.

Etymologies

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From the Ancient Greek ἀνθρωποποιία (anthrōpopoiia), from ἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos, "man”, “human being") + -ποιία (-poiia, “-making”; from ποιέω, poieō, “I make”).

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  • Pop goes the deduction of the laws that regulate the interactions of the anatomical, biological, and psychological elements of human physiology!

    September 7, 2022

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    September 7, 2022

  • Egghead anthropomorphism is better than bubble wrap!

    September 7, 2022