Anthropopathism
Attribution of human emotions to a deity / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Anthropotheism.
Anthropopathism (from Greek ἄνθρωπος anthropos, "human" and πάθος pathos, "suffering") is the attribution of human emotions, or the ascription of human feelings or passions to a non-human being, generally to a deity.[1]
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For the Islamic theological concept, see Tashbih.
By comparison, the term anthropomorphism originally referred to the attribution of human form to a non-human being, but in modern usage anthropomorphism has come to encompass both meanings.