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THEANTHROPISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits
Synonyms:
anthropomorphism; theanthropism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("theanthropism" is a kind of...):
representational process (any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else)
Sense 2
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)