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{ An`thro*pop"a*thism (&?;), An`thro*pop"a*thy (&?;), } n. [Gr. &?;; &?; man + &?; suffering, affection, passion, &?;, &?;, to suffer.] The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or to a polytheistic deity.

In its recoil from the gross anthropopathy of the vulgar notions, it falls into the vacuum of absolute apathy. Hare.

||An`thro*poph"a*gi (&?;), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. &?; eating men; &?; man + + &?; to eat.] Man eaters; cannibals. Shak.

{ An`thro*po*phag"ic (&?;), An`thro*po*phag"ic*al (&?;), } a. Relating to cannibalism or anthropophagy.

An`thro*poph`a*gin"i*an (&?;), n. One who east human flesh. [Ludicrous] Shak.

An`thro*poph"a*gite (&?;), n. A cannibal. W. Taylor.

An`thro*poph"a*gous (&?;), a. Feeding on human flesh; cannibal.

An`thro*poph"a*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;.] The eating of human flesh; cannibalism.

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An`thro*poph"u*ism (n`thr*pf"*z'm), n. [Gr. 'anqrwpofyh`s of man's nature; 'a`nqrwpos a man + fyh` nature.] Human nature. [R.] Gladstone.

An`thro*pos"co*py (-ps"k*p), n. [Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -scopy.] The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features. [R.]

An`thro*pos"o*phy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; man + &?; wisdom, knowledge.] Knowledge of the nature of man; hence, human wisdom.

An`thro*po*tom"ic*al (&?;), a. Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies.

An`thro*pot"o*mist (&?;), n. One who is versed in anthropotomy, or human anatomy.

An`thro*pot"o*my (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; man + &?; a cutting.] The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy. Owen.

Ant`hyp*not"ic (&?;). See Antihypnotic.

Ant`hyp*o*chon"dri*ac (&?;), a. & n. See Antihypochondriac.

Ant`hys*ter"ic (&?;), a. & n. See Antihysteric.

An"ti (&?;). [Gr. &?; against. See Ante.] A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic.

||An"ti*æ (&?;), n. pl. [L., forelock.] (Zoöl.) The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.

An`ti*al*bu"mid (&?;), n. [Pref. anti- + -albumin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A body formed from albumin by pancreatic and gastric digestion. It is convertible into antipeptone.

An`ti*al"bu*mose` (&?;), n. (Physiol.) See Albumose.

An`ti-A*mer"i*can (&?;), a. Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. Marshall.

An`ti*aph`ro*dis"i*ac (&?;), a. & n. Same as Antaphrodisiac.

An`ti*ap`o*plec"tic (&?;), a. & n. (Med.) Same as Antapoplectic.

An"ti*ar (&?;), n. [Jav. antjar.] A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).

An`ti*a*rin (&?;), n. (Chem.) A poisonous principle obtained from antiar. Watts.

An`ti*asth*mat"ic (&?;), a. & n. Same as Antasthmatic.