THEANTHROPISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does theanthropism mean? 

• THEANTHROPISM (noun)
  The noun THEANTHROPISM has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: THEANTHROPISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THEANTHROPISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(theology) the doctrine that Jesus was a union of the human and the divine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

theological doctrine (the doctrine of a religious group)

Domain category:

divinity; theology (the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

anthropomorphism; theanthropism

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

representational process (any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else)