Anthropopathy

/ˌænθroʊˈpɑpəθi/ noun

The attribution of human emotions, feelings, and characteristics to non-human things, gods, or nature.

From Greek anthropos (human) + pathos (suffering/emotion). First used in English theology in the 17th century to discuss how we understand divine emotions.

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