ZOOMORPHISMS

Noun

zoomorphisms

plural of zoomorphism

Source: Wiktionary


ZOOMORPHISM

Zo`ö*mor"phism, n.

1. The transformation of men into beasts. [R.] Smart.

2. The quality of representing or using animal forms; as, zoömorphism in ornament.

3. The representation of God, or of gods, in the form, or with the attributes, of the lower animals. To avoid the error of anthropomorphism, we fall into the vastly greater, and more absurd, error of zoömorphism. Mivart.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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