单词 | anthropophuism |
释义 | anthropophuismn. rare. The ascription of human characteristics or attributes to the gods or to the natural world.Chiefly in, or with reference to, the writings of W. E. Gladstone. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > possessing personal attributes > ascription of anthropophuism1858 creaturism1866 theanthropism1878 anthropopsychism1884 1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer II. 175 At the time of Homer, anthropophuism had obtruded into the sphere of deity. 1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer 65 The principle of anthropophuism..through which they [sc. the gods] reflect the image of a peculiar magnified humanity on a very grand scale. 1957 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 56 679 Some..may feel that his [sc. Victor Lange's] reference to a harmonious anthropophuism in Mörike's conception of nature suggests an understatement of that poet's imperilment by fate [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1858 |
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