Etymology

monophysitism

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Today it means: A Christological doctrine, generally considered heterodox or heretical, holding that Jesus Christ has a single nature, which is either wholly divine or partially human and partially divine. Full definition →

Medieval Greek μονοφυσιτισμός
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  1. Medieval Greek · borrowed fromμονοφυσιτισμός
  2. English todaymonophysitism

From Medieval Greek μονοφυσιτισμός (monophusitismós), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + φύσις (phúsis, “nature”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”), hence “belief in a single nature”.

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