Describing something that has human form or characteristics, or the act of attributing human qualities to non-human things.
From 'anthropo-' (human) + 'morphic' (form/shape) + '-al' (pertaining to). An older variant of 'anthropomorphic,' more common in 19th-century usage.
When you say the wind 'whispered' or the sun 'smiled,' you're being anthropomorphical—and your brain actually processes these animal and nature metaphors through the same regions that process human faces and emotions!
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