| 单词 |
anthropopsychism |
| 释义 |
anthropopsychism|ænˌθrəʊpəʊˈsaɪkɪz(ə)m|
[f. Gr. ἄνθρωπος man + ψυχή soul + -ism.]
The ascription of mental faculties or characteristics like those of man to the Divine Being or the agencies at work in nature. So anˌthropoˈpsychic, a., anˌthropoˈpsychically adv.
1884Duke of Argyll Unity of Nature v. 168 It is not the Form of Man that is in question. It is the Mind and Spirit of Man—his Reason, his Intelligence, and his Will... The question is of a..fundamental analogy..between the Mind which is in us and the Mind which is in Nature. The true etymological expression for this idea..would be, not Anthropomorphism, but Anthropopsychism. Ibid. viii. 289 Professor Tyndall himself cannot describe this System without using the most intensely anthropopsychic language: ‘The continued effort of animated nature is to improve its conditions and raise itself to a loftier level.’ 1884Edin. Rev. Apr. 514 The Duke admits that much of the language which is anthropopsychically used, is of a metaphorical character. 1898Literary Guide 1 Jan. 10, I desire to abstain from any thoughts about the Ultimate Reality which suggest anthropomorphism or anthropopsychism. |
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