anthropopsychism

anthropopsychism

the assignment of a humanlike soul to nature. — anthropopsychic, adj.
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Indeed, the term anthropomorphism is something of a misnomer; it would be more accurate to call the phenomenon anthropopsychism, for it imposes not our form on nonhuman subjects but rather our whims and appetites.
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