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anthropopathism

(ănˌthrə-pŏpˈə-thĭzˌəm)

noun
Attribution of human feelings to things not human, such as inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena.

Origin:

Origin: Late Greek anthrōpopathēs, involved in human suffering (from Greek, having human feelings, from anthrōpopathein, to have human feelings : anthrōpo-, anthropo- + pathos, feeling; see pathos)

Origin: + -ism

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