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Creature - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Agent, Animal, Appliance, Artifact, Backscratcher, Beast, Being, Body, Brownie, Brute, Cat |
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The term creature refers to an animal.
The term can be used to dehumanize a person. For example, in the fictional novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley, Dr. Frankenstein's hideous construction is often referred to as a "creature."
The term literally means "a created thing," and is sometimes used in theology to contrast a created object with a divine Creator under discussion. See for example "Restoring the Creator-creature relation", the title of chapter 8 of Glorify His Name! by AW Tozer.
In the trading card game Magic: The Gathering, the term "creature" refers to a class of cards that represent people or beings who fight for the wizard who summoned them.
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Example Usage of Creature |
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rorolea83: Im watching videos. And I would NOT want lil mythical Creature wayne transforming me 2 anything. |
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oliviaszpirt: @MandyJiroux How cute can a Creature be! Thats so cuuuute RT @MandyJiroux My bunnys the cutest thing in life! http://twitpic.com/q2sn8 |
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TomCampbell: @IanHewett Surprised it wasn't renamed "non-harmful replica field Creature for usage with the anatomically-able" |
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