Anthropopsychism

noun

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Definitions

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

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From anthropo- + psyche + -ism.

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