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anthropopathy

American

[an-thruh-pop-uh-thee] / ˌæn θrəˈpɒp ə θi /

Or anthropopathism

noun

ascription of human passions or feelings to a being or beings not human, especially to a deity.

anthropopathy British

/ ˌænθrəpəˈpæθɪk, ˌænθrəˈpɒpəθɪ /

noun

the attribution of human passions, etc, to a deity, object, etc

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Other Word Forms

anthropopathic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of anthropopathy

1640–50; < Medieval Latin anthrōpopatheia < Greek anthrōpopátheia humanness. See anthropo-, -pathy

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anthropopathy

In its recoil from the gross anthropopathy of the vulgar notions, it falls into the vacuum of absolute apathy.

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