anthropize

Definitions

1. To transform or adapt the environment either to meet the needs of humans, or by human activity.
   transitive
2. To anthropomorphize.
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“In his speculations about the phylogenies of the apes, Reynolds rests his conclusions upon standard but insecure evidence and premature interpretations, and he occasionally anthropizes living apes; for example (p. 126) "maniacal calls of groups of chimpanzees ..."”

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