Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to anthropopathy; possessing or subject to human passions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Of or pertaining to anthropopathy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to
anthropopathy .
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Examples
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The conception of these deities was anthropopathic, in their motives and passions they were more powerful and more perfect men, they had a human body and a human countenance, human thoughts and feelings, they resided in the clouds or on a high mountain; they dwelt in a heavenly palace.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Thus a fetish may often be used for magic purposes, yet it is more than a mere means of magic, as being itself anthropopathic, and often the object of religious worship.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Anthropomorphic and anthropopathic expressions are avoided by roundabout expressions or in other ways; obscure Hebrew words are often taken without change into the text; proper names are frequently interpreted, as Shinar-Babylon, Ishmaelites-Arabs; for figurative expressions are substituted the corresponding literal ones.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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As regards the method of translation all Targums in common strive to avoid as much as possible anthropomorphisms and anthropopathic terms, as well as other apparently undignified expressions concerning, and descriptive of God.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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While this anthropopathic approach enjoys full citizenship in the realms of art, literature, and mythology it makes for poor science.
THE MEDICAL NEWS John Lennon 2010
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While this anthropopathic approach enjoys full citizenship in the realms of art, literature, and mythology it makes for poor science.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Ileonna Matthews 2010
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While this anthropopathic approach enjoys full citizenship in the realms of art, literature, and mythology it makes for poor science.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Zeigeist2012 2009
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While this anthropopathic approach enjoys full citizenship in the realms of art, literature, and mythology it makes for poor science.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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n. - ascribing human feelings to a god or inanimate object. anthropopathic, anthropophaginia
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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