theanthropism

the·an·thro·pism

T0145100 (thē-ăn′thrə-pĭz′əm)n.1. Attribution of human traits to God; anthropomorphism.2. Christianity The doctrine of the union of human and divine natures in Jesus.

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the·an′thro·pist n.

theanthropism

(θiːˈænθrəˌpɪzəm) n1. (Other Non-Christian Religions) the ascription of human traits or characteristics to a god or gods2. (Theology) Christian theol the doctrine of the hypostatic union of the divine and human natures in the single person of Christ[C19: from Ecclesiastical Greek theanthrōpos (from theos god + anthrōpos man) + -ism] ˌtheanˈthropic adj theˈanthropist n

theanthropism

1. the attributing of human characteristics to God; anthropomorphism.
2. a belief in the divinity of a human being.
3. a belief in God’s becoming man. Also called theanthroposophy. — theanthropist, n.See also: God and Gods

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the condition of being, simultaneously, both god and man. Also theanthropology. — theanthropist, n. — theanthropic, adj.See also: Christ

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Noun	1.	theanthropism - (theology) the doctrine that Jesus was a union of the human and the divinetheology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truththeological doctrine - the doctrine of a religious group
	2.	theanthropism - the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traitsanthropomorphismrepresentational process - any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else