Anthropopathy

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anthropopathism \An`thro*pop"a*thism\, Anthropopathy
  \An`thro*pop"a*thy\, n. [Gr. ?; 'a`nqrwpos man + ? suffering,
     affection, passion, ?, ?, to suffer.]
     The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a
     polytheistic deity.
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           In its recoil from the gross anthropopathy of the
           vulgar notions, it falls into the vacuum of absolute
           apathy.                                  --Hare.
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