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Meaning of THEANTHROPISM

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits
  2. [n]  (theology) the doctrine that Jesus was a union of the human and the divine
 
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 Synonyms: anthropomorphism
 
 See Also: representational process, theological doctrine

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\The*an"thro*pism\, n. [Gr. ? god + ? man.]
1. A state of being God and man. [R.] --Coleridge.
2. The ascription of human atributes to the Deity, or to a
   polytheistic deity; anthropomorphism. --Gladstone.
 

 

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