Meaning of pithecomorphic | Babel Free

Definitions

Having the form or characteristics of an ape; resembling apes.

rare

Examples

“My apology for taking the Anthropomorphic, instead of the Pithecomorphic view⟳ of nature, is that I am a Man, and not an Ape, and therefore cannot help⟳ doing so; and I admit⟳ that my idea of the Creator is perhaps as clumsy as the illustration supposes, and that I can no more imagine⟳ an abstract Creator, à la Lamarck or à la Darwin, […]”

“I bave been arguing that human ethology is a “big field”, not one limited to proving what many of us have⟳ suspected all along—children are really just like⟳ animals. The present⟳ conservatism of human ethology is nevertheless useful for it is providing us with a sound⟳ bank of empirical data. We have⟳ had, after all, a sufficient number⟳ of pithecomorphic analyses of human behavior.”

“p. 87 and pl. XXXIV, middle register⟳, scene 6.3. b: There appears to be a pithecomorphic vessel beneath the woman's stool. For actual examples compare⟳ M. Valloggia, “Deux objets thériomorphes découverts dans le mastaba V de Balat”, Livre du centenaire (MIFAO 104; Cairo 1980) 143-151; […]”

“[…] the exotic little monkey in stamped relief departs from those archetypes and is a more familiar figure⟳ in the culture of the seal owner, for the pithecomorphic imagery is indeed found again on an ivory ring⟳, a gold buckle, and a small bronze pendant.”

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