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.]