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Anthropomorphism vs Effigy - What's the difference?

anthropomorphism | effigy |

As nouns the difference between anthropomorphism and effigy

is that anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to that which isn't human while effigy is a dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.

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

    effigy

    English

    Noun

    (effigies)
  • a dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.
  • a likeness of a person.

    • Synonyms

    * (a likeness of a person) figure, image, picture