'Zoomorphism' definitions:
Definition of 'zoomorphism'
From: WordNet
noun
The attribution of animal forms or qualities to a god
Definition of 'Zoomorphism'
From: GCIDE
- Zoomorphism \Zo`o*mor"phism\, n.
- 1. The transformation of men into beasts. [R.] --Smart. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The quality of representing or using animal forms; as, zoomorphism in ornament. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The representation of God, or of gods, in the form, or with the attributes, of the lower animals. [1913 Webster]
- To avoid the error of anthropomorphism, we fall into the vastly greater, and more absurd, error of zoomorphism. --Mivart. [1913 Webster]