Theanthropism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Theanthropism \The*an"thro*pism\, n. [Gr. ? god + ? man.]
     1. A state of being God and man. [R.] --Coleridge.
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     2. The ascription of human atributes to the Deity, or to a
        polytheistic deity; anthropomorphism. --Gladstone.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  theanthropism
       n 1: (theology) the doctrine that Jesus was a union of the human
            and the divine
       2: the representation of objects (especially a god) as having
          human form or traits [syn: {anthropomorphism}]