anthropopsychism

English

Etymology

From anthropo- +‎ psyche +‎ -ism.

Noun

anthropopsychism (countable and uncountable, plural anthropopsychisms)

1. The act of ascribing humanlike qualities to a non-human entity; anthropomorphism.

   Synonyms: anthropism, anthropomorphization

   • 1996, Mark L. McPherran, “Socratic Reason and Socratic Revelation”, in The Religion of Socrates, University Park, P.A.: The Pennsylvania State University Press, published 1999, →ISBN, page 175:

     Although he is not from their perspective as theologically "forward-thinking" as some Sophists, this Socrates nevertheless takes a large step in the direction of sophistic humanism through his rejection of naive voluntarism, divine immorality and enmity, and those other anthropopsychisms that support the full set of traditional do ut des motivations for practicing cult.

Related terms

• anthropopsychic