anthropomorphism
擬人化
解説 Definition
擬人化。動物や物に人間の特性を与える。
Anthropomorphism is the act of giving human qualities, feelings, or intentions to animals, objects, or ideas. It is common in stories, art, and everyday language when non-human things are described as if they were people.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず anthropo- を anthropology の「人間」と結びつけ、morph を transform / metamorphosis の「形を変える」とつなげると、全体で「人間の形・性質に寄せる」感覚がつかめます。覚える場面は、動物や物、自然現象を人間っぽく描くとき。特に cartoons, mascots, gods などで頻出です。personification と近いですが、anthropomorphism は見た目や行動まで“人間化”する含みが強い、と押さえると混同しにくいです。
Split it into anthropo- for human and morph for form or shape. That gives the idea of giving a human form or human traits to something nonhuman. Think of talking animals, mascots, or gods shown with human behavior and appearance.
例文
Anthropomorphism appears in children's stories.
擬人化は子どもの話に現れる。
The cartoon used anthropomorphism extensively.
漫画は擬人化を広く使用した。
Anthropomorphism helps audiences relate to characters.
擬人化は観客がキャラクターに親しみやすくなるのに役立つ。
anthropomorphism の類義語・関連語
anthropomorphism の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ギリシャ語 anthropos（人間）+ morphe（形）+ -ismos（主義）の合成語。「人間の形を与える」が原義で、神や動物に人間的性質を投影する思考を指す。関連語: anthropology（人類学）、metamorphosis（変態＝形が変わること）。
Anthropomorphism comes from Greek anthropos, meaning "human," and morphe, meaning "form," with the ending -ism. Its original sense was giving something a human form. From there, it came to mean giving human shape, feelings, or qualities to gods, animals, or things. Related words include anthropology and metamorphosis.
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