Meaning of "physitheism" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF PHYSITHEISM

physitheism  [ˈfɪzɪθɪˌɪzəm]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHYSITHEISM

Physitheism is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHYSITHEISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Physitheism

Physitheism is the attribution of a physical form and attributes to deities, a practice associated with the ancient Greeks and to a lesser extent the Romans. In modern Jewish and Christian theology the Abrahamic God is held to be a transcendent spirit with no body parts. However, a vestige of physitheism is apparent in certain passages of the Hebrew Bible such as Exodus 33:23 where God tells Moses, "And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen." God is also described in a manner similar to a physical person in Genesis 3:8, "And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden." Such apparently Physitheistic verses are a matter of controversy; the early followers of Gnosticism considered them evidence that the Judeo-Christian god was in fact an imperfect demiurge, wholly separate from the higher, transcendental God.

Definition of physitheism in the English dictionary

The definition of physitheism in the dictionary is the attribution of physical form to gods and religious beings. Other definition of physitheism is the worship of nature and the assignment of gods to natural phenomena.

TRANSLATION OF PHYSITHEISM

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHYSITHEISM»

Discover the use of physitheism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to physitheism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Popular Science

Psychothe- ism prevailed when the sentences were coined, physitheism when the words were coined. So the philologist discovers physitheism in all ancient literature. But the verity of that stage of philosophy does not rest alone upon the ...

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Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians

Psychotheism prevailed when the sentences were coined, physitheism when the words were coined. So the philologist discovers physitheism in all ancient literature. But the verity of that stage of philosophy does not rest alone upon the ...

John Wesley Powell, 2007

The Popular Science Monthly

This is the religion of physitheism. The most advanced of the Indian tribes showed evidence of transition from zootheism to physitheism. The Israelites, in the latter part of the period selected, showed the same transition in a somewhat higher ...

‎1890

The Divine Attributes

Thus, Stoicism is a kind of physitheism, the belief in a God or gods that is physical in nature. Epicureanism provides another example of physitheism. Notice that each of the three conceptions of the divine discussed in this paragraph implies ...

Joshua Hoffman, Gary S. Rosenkrantz, 2008

Popular Science

From zoiitheism, as described, to physitheism the way is long. Gradually, in the progress of philosophy, animal-gods are dethroned and become inferior gods or are forgotten ; and gradually the gods of the firmament — the sun, the moon, the ...

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There's a Word for It (Revised Edition): A Grandiloquent ...

The muezzin traditionally makes his call—known as the azan (ah-ZAHN)—from atop a minaret (min-uh- RET), a slender tower or turret attached to a mosque. physitheism: (FIZ-i-thee-iz'm) ascribing physical form (animal, vegetable, or mineral) ...

Charles Harrington Elster, 2005

Back to Modern Reason: Johan Hjerpe and Other Petit ...

Because the heavenly natural laws had been established once and for all in the beginning of time, the continual presence of God in people's lives was superfluous. Physitheism thus implied a deistic faith. Physitheism was, without doubt, just ...

Arne Jarrick, 1999

Science Pamphlets

Psychotheism prevailed when the sentences were coined, physitheism when the words were coined. So the philologist discovers physitheism in all ancient literature. But the verity of that stage of philosophy does not rest alone upon the ...

‎1892

PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONI FOR THE ADVANCEMENT ...

Psychotheism prevailed when the sentences were coined, physitheism when the words were coined. So the philologist discovers physitheism in all ancient literature. But the verity of that stage of philosophy does not rest alone upon the ...

‎1880

Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement ...

This is the stage of physitheism. The most advanced of the Indian tribes showed evidence of transition from zodtheism to physitheism. The Israelites, in the latter part of the period selected, showed the same transition in a somewhat higher ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1890