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 [an-thruh-pop-uh-thee]   Origin

an·thro·pop·a·thy

   [an-thruh-pop-uh-thee]
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

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an·thro·po·path·ic  [an-thruh-puh-path-ik] , 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

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anthropopathy
"ascribing of human feelings to god," from Gk. anthropopatheia "humanity," lit. "human feeling," from anthropo- + -patheia, from pathein "to suffer" (see pathos).
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