Anthropomorphic vs Goofy - What's the difference?
anthropomorphic | goofy |
Having the form of a person or a human being
(of inanimate objects, animals, or other non-human entities) Given attributes of human beings.
* 1909 , The Quarterly Review , p. 124:
silly, quirky
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(snowboarding) riding with right foot forward.
As an adjective anthropomorphic
is having the form of a person or a human being.As a proper noun goofy is
a character: a slow-witted anthropomorphic dog with a goofy laugh.anthropomorphic
English
Adjective
(-)- The mystic is one to whom the unitive, pantheistic, or at least the panentheistic, aspects of the divinity are as congenial as the deistic, polytheistic, and anthropomorphic aspects are to the institutional mind.
Derived terms
* anthropomorphicallySee also
* anthropomorphism * anthropologic * theriomorphicgoofy
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
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Derived terms
* goofily * goofinessEtymology 2
From the way the Disney character was first depicted surfing, with right foot forward. BBC Sport,"Sochi 2014: A jargon-busting guide to the halfpipe", 11 February 2014