Anthropopathy


ascription of human p-ssions or feelings to a being or beings not human, especially to a deity.
historical examples

the older abstract term is “anthropopathy,” literally “attributing human feelings,” in sense (b).
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 2, slice 2 various

noun
the attribution of human p-ssions, etc, to a deity, object, etc
n.

“ascribing of human feelings to god,” 1640s, from greek anthropopatheia “humanity,” literally “human feeling,” from anthropo- + -patheia, comb. form of pathos “suffering, disease, feeling” (see pathos). related: anthropopathic; anthropopathically.

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