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anthropopathy
an·thro·pop·a·thy
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θrəˈpɒp
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θi
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noun
ascription of human passions or feelings to a being or beings not human, especially to a deity.
Also,
an·thro·pop·a·thism.
Origin:
1640–50;
<
Medieval Latin
anthrōpopatheia
<
Greek
anthrōpopátheia
humanness. See
anthropo-
,
-pathy
Related forms
an·thro·po·path·ic
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pəˈpæθ
ɪk
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adjective
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anthropopathy
or
anthropopathism
(ˌænθrəˈpɒpəθɪ)
—
n
the attribution of human passions, etc, to a deity, object, etc
anthropopathism
or
anthropopathism
—
n
anthropopathic
or
anthropopathism
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
anthropopathy
"ascribing of human feelings to god," from Gk. anthropopatheia "humanity," lit. "human feeling," from
anthropo-
+ -patheia, from pathein "to suffer" (see
pathos
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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