anthropomorphism

  1. Noun.  the attribution or ascription to inanimate objects, animals, forces of nature etc, of characteristics believed or assumed by some to belong exclusively to humans. (defdate, from the mid-18th c.) .
  2. Noun.  (theology) the attribution of human characteristics to divine beings.

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