Anthropomorphize
Etymology
From Greek "anthropos" ("human") and "morphe" ("form, shape"), plus the verb ending "-ize." The adjective "anthropomorphic" first described gods given human form; the verb, naming the habit of projecting humanity outward, followed.
verb · /an-thruh-puh-MOR-fyze/
To attribute human traits, feelings, or intentions to animals, objects, or abstractions.
What it names
Names our reflex to read a face and a mind into everything — the "angry" sky, the "stubborn" printer, the "lonely" robot.
Example
We anthropomorphize our pets constantly, sure the cat is plotting revenge rather than just hungry.
Related idea
Pareidolia is the narrower perceptual cousin — seeing faces or patterns in random stimuli; anthropomorphizing goes further, granting a full inner life.