zoomorphism

Term: zoomorphism(n)

Literally meaning: “tendency to animal shape”

Origin: Anc Greek

ζώον/zoon=a live thing, animal ⇒ζωή/zoi(=life)

+ μορφή/morphe(=shape, form)

+(-ισμός)/-ismos(=ism, denoting “an action”, “state”, “tendency”)

Coined/History

Definition

Zoomorphism is the a technique in which animal attributes and features are imposed upon non-animal objects, humans, and and inanimate objects.