anthropopathy
noun
ascription of human passions or feelings to a being or beings not human, especially to a deity.
anthropopathic
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a word derived from
anthropopathy.
Example Sentences
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In this way the solar myths were elaborated and developed among the Aryan peoples and other races; their aspects became much more anthropomorphic and anthropopathic in proportion as the typical myths assumed a human form.
From Myth and Science An Essay by Tito Vignoli
There is a second branch, likewise early evolved from the stem of the anthropopathic interpretation, the doctrine that the causal relations of dependence are effected through "forces."
From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various
As to the anthropopathic type of activity, it includes the ordinary relations of men with men as well as those with gods.
From The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion by James H. (James Henry) Leuba
Yet in both cases an anthropopathic relation with a personal being is established.
From The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion by James H. (James Henry) Leuba
The daring anthropopathic imagery by which the prophets often represent God as chiding, upbraiding, threatening.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
