anthropopsychicadj.
/ˌanθrəpəˈsʌɪkɪk/, U.S. /ˌænθrəpəˈsaɪkɪk/ That ascribes mental faculties or characteristics like those of human beings to God, an animal, or a natural agency; of, relating to, or characterized by anthropopsychism.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > ascribed human nature
anthropophuistic1858
anthropopsychic1884
1884 Duke of Argyll Unity of Nature v. 191 If the human or anthropopsychic interpretation of the works and actions of all living Beings is the only interpretation that explains them.
1937 M. M. Kaplan Meaning of God in Mod. Jewish Relig. ii. 94 God as a loving God..in the sense of actually experiencing desire as man does, exercising choice as preference in an anthropopsychic, if not anthropomorphic, manner.
1971 Amer. Anthropologist 73 840/1 Perhaps some of us could attempt to counteract the anthropopsychic thinking that so often characterizes speculation about extraterrestrial life.
1990 Jrnl. Amer. Stud. 24 411 Totemism reflects the ‘anthropopsychic’ perception generally associated with the Native American world view.
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ˌanthropoˈpsychically adv. rare
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1884 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 514 The Duke admits that much of the language which is anthropopsychically used, is of a metaphorical character.
1971 Current Anthropol. 12 369/1 The so-called proto-men—anthropopsychically conceived primal beings that might assume any animal shape, including a human one—seem to be the foundation of totemic ideas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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