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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Anthropopathy

Anthropopathism \An`thro*pop"a*thism\, Anthropopathy \An`thro*pop"a*thy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? man + ? suffering, affection, passion, ?, ?, to suffer.] The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity.

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

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
anthropopathy

"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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anthropopathy

n. The attribution of human emotions to a god.

Usage examples of "anthropopathy".

Johnson verses in a magazine, on his Dictionary, composed of uncommon words taken from it: Little of Anthropopathy has he, &c.