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Webster 1913 Edition


Anthropopathy

{

Anˊthro-pop′a-thism

,

Anˊthro-pop′a-thy

, }
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK];
ἄνθρωποσ
man + [GREEK] suffering, affection, passion, [GREEK], [GREEK], 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Anthropopathy

ANTHROPOP'ATHY

,
Noun.
[man, and passion.]
The affections of man, or the application of human passions to the Supreme Being.

Definition 2024


anthropopathy

anthropopathy

English

Noun

anthropopathy (plural anthropopathies)

  1. The attribution of human emotions to a god.
    • Hare
      In its recoil from the gross anthropopathy of the vulgar notions, it falls into the vacuum of absolute apathy.

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