'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]

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