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anthropopathism

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an⋅thro⋅pop⋅a⋅thy

[an-thruh-pop-uh-thee]
–noun
ascription of human passions or feelings to a being or beings not human, esp. to a deity.
Also, an⋅thro⋅pop⋅a⋅thism.


Origin:
1640–50; < ML anthrōpopatheia < Gk anthrōpopátheia humanness. See anthropo-, -pathy


an⋅thro⋅po⋅path⋅ic [an-thruh-puh-path-ik] , adjective
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an·thro·pop·a·thism   (ān'thrə-pŏp'ə-thĭz'əm)   
n.  Attribution of human feelings to things not human, such as inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena.

[Late Greek anthrōpopathēs, involved in human suffering (from Greek, having human feelings, from anthrōpopathein, to have human feelings : anthrōpo-, anthropo- + pathos, feeling; see pathos) + -ism.]
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