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Anthropomorphism vs Dehumanization - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between anthropomorphism and dehumanization

is that anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to that which isn't human while dehumanization is the act or process of dehumanizing.

anthropomorphism

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The attribution of human characteristics or behavior to that which isn't human.
  • (theology) the attribution of human characteristics to divine beings

    • Usage notes

    This term carries very different connotations when used in different contexts. In literature, anthropomorphism' describes merely a device of fiction writing, whereas in science (particularly biology) ' anthropomorphism has traditionally been used pejoratively when a scientist appears to be attributing to animals characteristics that are assumed to be exclusive to human beings.

    Related terms

    * anthropomorphic * anthropomorphically

    See also

    * ("anthropomorphism" on Wikipedia) * prosopopoeia * zoomorphism * kemonomimi * nahualism English words suffixed with -ism

    dehumanization

    English

    Alternative forms

    *dehumanisation

    Noun

    (wikipedia dehumanization) (en noun)
  • The act or process of dehumanizing