anthro
/ˈænθɹoʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.18 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An anthropomorphic character, typically used to refer to characters with humanoid forms in contrast with feral characters.
Countable; Informal; Slang
Example Sentences
- "I gather the phrase is used in lieu of some more practical benefit, e.g., a "job," which, as holders of English lit and anthro degrees can tell you, isn't necessarily part of the program."
- "Unlikely as it seemed, he might somehow return to the Empire, and if that happened, any information he could bring back would be valuable to the socio and anthro specialists."
- "Workshop anthros often ask Indians of tender age to give their authoritative answers to problems which an entire generation of Indians is just now beginning to solve."
- "While Deloria may have hoped to move anthropologists to be more appreciative, Erdoes simply sets scholars up as straw men for the average non-Indian academic reader to self-servingly scorn. Anthros are responsible for believing reservation Indians are “warriors without weapons” (1972:36-37)"
- "Today I cycled down to Westboro Beach and watched the boats on the river/lake for a while. This led me to wonder if anthros would like sailing and why ... I finally decided that it would be something that otters would love to do."
- "Extra animals add complexity, but the benefit is that you're more likely to create a unique new character. There's hundreds of wolf anthros, but how many zebra-striped pig-tigers are there?"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈænθɹoʊ/