anthropopathy

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/ˌænθɹəˈpɒpəθi/

noun

The attribution of human emotions to a god.

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Meanings

nounanthropopathy (countable and uncountable, plural anthropopathies)

plural anthropopathies

  1. countableuncountableThe attribution of human emotions to a god.

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

    1846, Julius Charles Hare, The Mission of the Comforter and Other Sermons with Notes, London: John W. Parker, […]

Origin

From anthropo- + -pathy.

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Translations

Portuguese antropopatia
  • antropopatiaattribution of human emotions to a god
Russian антропопатия
  • антропопатия (antropopatija)attribution of human emotions to a god
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