Anthropopathism

/ˌænθroʊpoʊˈpæθɪzəm/ noun

The practice of attributing human emotions and feelings to God or non-human things, treating them as if they experience emotions like we do.

From Greek anthropos (human) + pathos (feeling/emotion) + -ism (practice/belief). Developed in 19th century theological discourse to describe how religions describe divine beings with human-like emotions.

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