MONOPHYSITISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Monophysitism mean? 

• MONOPHYSITISM (noun)
  The noun MONOPHYSITISM has 1 sense:

1. a Christian heresy of the 5th and 6th centuries that challenged the orthodox definition of the two natures (human and divine) in Jesus and instead believed there was a single divine nature

  Familiarity information: MONOPHYSITISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONOPHYSITISM (noun)

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Meaning:

A Christian heresy of the 5th and 6th centuries that challenged the orthodox definition of the two natures (human and divine) in Jesus and instead believed there was a single divine nature

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Monophysitism" is a kind of...):

heresy; unorthodoxy (a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion)

theological doctrine (the doctrine of a religious group)

Derivation:

Monophysitic (of or relating to Monophysitism)