anthropopsychismn.
/ˌanθrəpəˈsʌɪkɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌænθrəpəˈsaɪˌkɪzəm/ The ascription of mental faculties or characteristics like those of human beings to God, an animal, or a natural agency.
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the world > people > anthropocentrism > [noun] > anthropomorphism
anthropomorphism1845
anthropism1850
anthropomorphization1872
anthropopsychism1884
the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > possessing personal attributes > ascription of
anthropophuism1858
creaturism1866
theanthropism1878
anthropopsychism1884
1884 Duke of Argyll Unity of Nature v. 168 The question is of a..fundamental analogy..between the Mind which is in us and the Mind which is in Nature. The true etymological expression for this idea..would be, not Anthropomorphism, but Anthropopsychism.
1898 Literary Guide 1 Jan. 10 I desire to abstain from any thoughts about the Ultimate Reality which suggest anthropomorphism or anthropopsychism.
1922 Science Nov. 588/1 Instead of interpreting what animals do in terms of crude anthropopsychism why not be objective?
1996 M. L. McPherran Relig. Socrates (1999) iii. 102 Impersonal, law-obeying deities..were seriously at odds with the traditional polytheism and anthropopsychism of both mythology and the civic cult.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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