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  2. Anthropomorphism - Wikipedia

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    Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts such as nations, emotions, and natural forces, such as seasons and weather. Both have ancient roots as storytelling and artistic devices, and most cultures have traditional fables with anthropomorphized animals as characters.

  3. Moral disengagement - Wikipedia

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    It is the belief that one's ingroup is more 'human' than the outgroup in terms of uniquely human attributes and secondary emotions. [42] Whereas primary emotions (surprise, anger, fear) are commonly seen as shared amongst the entire animal kingdom, secondary emotions (hope, remorse, regret) are viewed as purely human characteristics. [46]

  4. Figure of speech - Wikipedia

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    Pathetic fallacy: ascribing human conduct and feelings to nature. Personification: attributing or applying human qualities to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena. Pleonasm: the use of more words than is necessary for clear expression. Procatalepsis: refuting anticipated objections as part of the main argument.

  5. George Romanes - Wikipedia

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    1892: When he was a professor at the University of Oxford, Romanes created a series of lectures known as Romanes Lectures. [24] These lectures are currently still held once a year in memory of Romanes. Romanes is also known for creating the following words and meanings: Anthropomorphism: attributing human-like qualities to other animals. [25]

  6. Secondary sex characteristic - Wikipedia

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    A peacock displays his long, colored tail, an example of secondary sex characteristics. An adult human's Adam's apple, a visible secondary sex characteristic common in males. A secondary sex characteristic is a physical characteristic of an organism that is related to or derived from its sex, but not directly part of its reproductive system. [1]

  7. Personality in animals - Wikipedia

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    Chimpanzees are also the only non-human species shown to demonstrate a hierarchical structure of personality, with two dimensions of affect corresponding to negative and positive emotionality, and a third dimension of disinhibition (vs. constraint), which is thought to comprise a regulatory system that is known to play a role in the perception ...

  8. Hockett's design features - Wikipedia

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    Hockett's Design Features are a set of features that characterize human language and set it apart from animal communication. They were defined by linguist Charles F. Hockett in the 1960s. He called these characteristics the design features of language. Hockett originally believed there to be 13 design features.

  9. Secondary source - Wikipedia

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    Scipione Amati's History of the Kingdom of Woxu (1615), an example of a secondary source. In scholarship, a secondary source [1] [2] is a document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere. A secondary source contrasts with a primary, or original, source of the information being discussed. A primary ...