Anthropopathism

Anthropopathism (from Greek ἄνθρωπος anthropos, "human" and πάθος pathos, "suffering") is the attribution of human emotions, or the ascription of human feelings or passions to a non-human being, generally to a deity.^[1]

By comparison, the term anthropomorphism originally referred to the attribution of human form to a non-human being, but in modern usage anthropomorphism has come to encompass both meanings.

Religion

This is a technique prevalent in religious writings, where, for instance, human emotion is attributed to God, where he would not normally experience emotion in this sense.^[2] Anthropopathism existed in the ancient Semitic religion and early Islam.^[3] This technique is also used in the book of Genesis,^[4]^: 58 as an example of the theme of God as a personal god.^[4]^: 60^{[verification needed]}