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But, there is also a grey area where some people may not fit into the “full furry box, but they also solely enjoy anthro animals and not all forms of anthro. There is no coined term to describe these kinds of people and these are people that could be anthro or they could be furries. But, in circumstances that someone is in this grey area it should be the opinion of that person that defines who they are. If someone in the grey area says they are not a furry, they should be respected as such and the same should be said for anyone who says they are a furry even if they don’t do all the stuff that full furries do.
Some people have tried to argue, a furry could be defined as someone who likes anthropomorphic animals. However, this definition causes many people who are not associated with furries or the furry community to be labelled as furries. Another way to define if someone is a furry is if they think and act like the characters they create. Having a fursona and fursuit gives people the freedom to pretend to be something they are not and that can feel nice to some people. But people who like anthro animals but do not act like their characters could therefore be labelled as not a furry.
The problem lies within the fact that definitions are extremely broad and can overlap and is therefore very subjective and is usually drawn from personal opinions.
However, officially, anthropomorphic is defined as giving a non-human being or an object human attributes. It can include giving anything from animals, household objects, machinery and plants human characteristics. However, it can be as simple as giving these things human emotions, limbs or a face but it can also be much more complex by giving an object all the characteristics of being a human with subtle qualities of the object they are, or it could be something in between. Therefore, anthro covers anything non-human that has been given even a single human quality.