theosis

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UK/θiːˈəʊ.sɪs/US/θiˈoʊ.sɪs/

noun

The likeness to or union with God; deification.

OriginLate Latin theōsis ← Koine Greek θέωσις →
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Meanings

nountheosis (uncountable)
  1. uncountableChristianityThe likeness to or union with God; deification.

    For him, theosis or deification was the destination for human salvation, whose attainment Adam’s sin in Eden had imperilled but not rendered impossible;[…]

    2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, Viking Press, →ISBN, page 440
  2. EasternuncountableEastern OrthodoxyCatholicismThe process of attaining this state of union with God.

Origin

  1. Koine Greekθέωσις
  2. Late Latintheōsis
  3. Englishtheosis

Learned borrowing from Late Latin theōsis, from Koine Greek θέωσις (théōsis).

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Translations

Ancient Greek θέωσις
  • θέωσις (théōsis)likeness to or union with God
Bulgarian обоже́ние, тео́зис
  • обоже́ние (obožénie)the process of attaining this
  • тео́зис (teózis)the process of attaining this
  • обоже́ние (obožénie)likeness to or union with God
  • тео́зис (teózis)likeness to or union with God
Finnish jumalallistuminen, teoosi
  • jumalallistuminenthe process of attaining this
  • teoosithe process of attaining this
  • jumalallisuuslikeness to or union with God
  • teoosilikeness to or union with God
French théosis
  • théosislikeness to or union with God
German Theosis
  • Theosislikeness to or union with God
Greek θέωση
  • θέωση (théosi)likeness to or union with God
Hungarian átistenülés, megistenülés
  • átistenüléslikeness to or union with God
  • megistenüléslikeness to or union with God
Indonesian teosis
  • teosislikeness to or union with God
Latin deificātiō, theōsis
  • deificātiōlikeness to or union with God
  • theōsislikeness to or union with God
Swedish gudomliggörelse
  • gudomliggörelselikeness to or union with God

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with theosis

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Cite this entry
APA

theosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theosis

MLA

“theosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theosis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “theosis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theosis.

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