autotheisticadj.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)θiːˈɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌɔdoʊθiˈɪstɪk/, /ˌɑdoʊθiˈɪstɪk/, /ˌɔdəθiˈɪstɪk/, /ˌɑdəθiˈɪstɪk/ Of or relating to autotheism (in various senses). Also: of or belonging to an autotheist (autotheist n. 1).
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1854 Fraser's Mag. 49 708 There is this boundless difference between the healthy and godly ‘subjective’ style, and the unhealthy autotheistic subjective style.
1868 Contemp. Rev. 9 75 Emerson's doctrine, too, is..essentially autotheistic.
1872 A. M. Fairbairn in Contemp. Rev. 20 49 In principle they [sc. the Hindu philosophies] might be Theistic, Auto-Theistic, Pantheistic or Atheistic.
1972 Church Hist. 41 540 Example after example of allegedly extreme antinomian or autotheistic beliefs and of resultant flagrant libertinism.
1984 H. C. E. Midelfort in S. L. Kaplan Understanding Pop. Culture vi. 138 His autotheistic claim to be the Grand-Prince Michael, the embodiment of God's Word.
2001 C. J. Drees Late Medieval Age of Crisis 429 While Ruysbroek elaborated a mystical theology culminating in a ‘union without intermediary’ with God, he vigorously opposed quietistic and autotheistic heresies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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