anthropopeia

== English == === Alternative forms === (full forms) anthropopoeia, anthropopœia (syncopic forms) anthropeia, anthropoeia, anthropœia === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek ἀνθρωποποιΐα (anthrōpopoiḯa), from ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, human being”) + -ποιία (-poiía, “making”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ănthrō'pōpēʹyə, ăn'thrəpōpēʹyə; IPA(key): /ænˌθɹəʊpəʊˈpiːjə/, /ˌænθɹəpəʊˈpiːjə/ === Noun === anthropopeia (uncountable) Scientific enquiry aimed at the deduction of the laws that regulate the interactions of the anatomical, biological, and psychological elements of human physiology. (rhetoric) Depiction or representation as human; anthropomorphism.