Meanings
- uncountableA state of being God and man.
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[I]n speaking theologically and impersonally, i. e. of Psilanthropism and Theanthropism as schemes of Belief, without referrence to Individuals who profess either the one or the other, it will be absurd to use a different language as long as it is the dictate of common sense, that two opposites cannot properly be called by the same name.
1817, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “[Critique on Bertram.] Chapter XXIV. Conclusion.”, in Biographia Literaria; or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, volume II, London: Rest Fenner, […], →OCLC, page 308 - uncountableThe ascription of human attributes to a deity.
Here is a tradition embodying that vital union of the human with the divine , which is expressed in the word theanthropism, or anthropomorphism
1879, William Ewart Gladstone, The Olympian System Versus the Solar Theory
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits
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Origin
- Ancient Greekἄνθρωπος
- Ancient Greekθεός
- Englishtheanthropism
Ancient Greek θεός (theós) + Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos) + -ism
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