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anthropopathically

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an anthropopathic manner; as possessing human passions.

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Examples

  • He claims that the narrow circle of savages 'ideas leads them to admire and exaggerate the value of very small and insignificant objects, to look upon these objects anthropopathically as alive, sentient, and willing, to connect them with auspicious or inauspicious events and experiences, and finally to believe that such objects require religious veneration.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • That is what the orator calls a _knock-down_ argument; and when he wishes to be particularly convincing and eloquent, he throws at you such brick-bats and bars of iron as incomprehensibility -- epexegetically -- anthropopathically -- so fast that you have scarcely a chance to dodge one before another comes whizzing along.

    Wreaths of Friendship A Gift for the Young 1835

  • Thus, the passages (in this framework) that say He doesn't and cannot change are to be interpreted literally, while the ones stating the opposite are to be interpreted figuratively or metaphorically or anthropopathically.

    Biblical Evidence for Catholicism 2009

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