anthropophuism
(ænθrəʊˈpɒfjuːɪz(ə)m)
[f. Gr. ἀνθρωποϕυ-ής of man's nature (f. ἄνθρωπος man + ϕυ-ή nature) + -ism.]
The ascription of a human nature to the gods.
| 1858 Gladstone Homer II. 175 At the time of Homer, anthropophuism had obtruded into the sphere of deity. 1878 ― Prim. Homer 65 The principle of anthropophuism..through which they [the gods] reflect the image of a peculiar magnified humanity on a very grand scale. |