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Meaning of "theomorphism" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF THEOMORPHISM

ˌθiːəʊˈmɔːfɪzəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THEOMORPHISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Theomorphism 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 THEOMORPHISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of theomorphism in the English dictionary

The definition of theomorphism in the dictionary is the conception or representation of man as having the form of God or a deity.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THEOMORPHISM

amorphism · anthropomorphism · automorphism · dimorphism · dwarfism · hemimorphism · heteromorphism · homeomorphism · homoeomorphism · homomorphism · hylomorphism · isodimorphism · isomorphism · mechanomorphism · metamorphism · monomorphism · Orphism · perimorphism · polymorphism · skeuomorphism

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THEOMORPHISM

theologue · theology · theomachies · theomachist · theomachy · theomancy · theomania · theomaniac · theomantic · theomorphic · theonomous · theonomy · theopathetic · theopathic · theopathy · theophagies · theophagous · theophagy · theophanic · theophanies

WORDS THAT END LIKE THEOMORPHISM

anamorphism · Buddhism · catastrophism · diastrophism · enantiomorphism · endomorphism · Guelphism · gynandromorphism · idiomorphism · mesomorphism · paramorphism · pleomorphism · psephism · pseudomorphism · rheomorphism · sapphism · sexual dimorphism · sophism · theriomorphism · trimorphism · zygomorphism

Synonyms and antonyms of theomorphism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «theomorphism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THEOMORPHISM

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The translations of theomorphism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «theomorphism» in English.
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theomorphism
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teomorfismo
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theomorphism
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theomorphism
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theomorphism
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theomorphism
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theomorphism
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theomorphism
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théomorphisme
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Theomorphism
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theomorphism
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theomorphism
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theomorphism
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Theomorphism
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theomorphism
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theomorphism
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देवत्व
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teomorfizm
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teomorfismo
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theomorphism
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theomorphism
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theomorphism
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theomorphism
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theomorphism
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theomorphism
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theomorphism
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Trends of use of theomorphism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THEOMORPHISM»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about theomorphism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THEOMORPHISM»

Discover the use of theomorphism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to theomorphism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sub Specie Historiae: Essays in the Manifestation of ...
Theomorphism is largely derived from Judaism and from the Hellenic idea of logos. While Greek mythology and religious rites, such as the Eleusynian mysteries, were clearly anthropomorphic, the concept of logos and the moral ideal of the ...
John T. Marcus, 1980
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Is Religion Natural?
11 Perspectives on Theomorphism in Islam Mona Siddiqui To know himself, man must come to know the 'Face of God', the reality, that determines him from on high . Neither flights into outer space nor plunges beneath the seas, nor changes of ...
Dirk Evers, Michael Fuller, Antje Jackelen, 2012
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Russian Postmodernism: New Perspectives on Post-Soviet Culture
In this sense, theomorphism permeates the poetic works of Mandel'shtam and Pasternak. Images of deep winter, the squeaking sound of the frozen snow-crust, or, on the contrary, light snowfall, whirling snow-flakes are all theomorphic.
Mikhail Epstein, Aleksandr Genis, Slobodanka Vladiv-Glover, 1999
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The Transcendental Universe: Six Lectures on Occult Science, ...
To this next development I have given the name Theomorphism," which marks the close of the fourth period, and this, as I have said, brings us to quite modern times. Theomorphism is the worship of the Divine Man; and here we find ourselves ...
C. G. Harrison, Christopher Bamford, 1993
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Phenomenology of the Truth Proper to Religion: Critical ...
... Rosenzweig labels the Cor- doverian structure of his thought "theomorphism." While this term does not appear in The Star, it is the central topic of a course entitled "The Science of God," which Rosenzweig gave at the Free House of Jewish ...
Daniel Guerrière, 1990
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The Mishkat Al Anwar:
09. ANTHROPOMORPHISM. AND. THEOMORPHISM. IN. AL. MISHKAT. The doctrineof mukhlafathatthedivineessenceandcharacteristics wholly and entirely " differ from" the humanappearstobe [1. Tah., p. 60. Quoted in the writer's article in  ...
Al-Ghazzali, 2014
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In the Eyes of God: A Contextual Approach to Biblical ...
Theomorphism. At this point, it is important to note how the problem of di- rection of transference within a metaphor impacts anthropomorphic language. Whilst the theories of Lakoff and Grady propose a transference from the source to the ...
Brian C. Howell, 2013
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The God Who Risks: A Theology of Divine Providence
Heschel says that God's concern for justice and love is not an- thropomorphism, rather our concern for justice and love is a theomorphism.22 The creator-creature distinction allows us to affirm that God is the unique, self-sufficient, ontologically ...
John Sanders, 2009
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A Samaritan philosophy: a study of the Hellenistic culturǎl ...
described as "theomorphism", since Philo is saying not that God has a human form, but rather, man has, in one respect at least, a divine form. In this connection it is noteworthy that Philo speaks of the soul of man as an aTTOaroxer^a 6eiov.11  ...
Alexander Broadie, 1981
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Toward a Contemporary Understanding of Pure Land Buddhism: ...
Anthropomorphism Heschel resolves the problem of anthropomorphism or anthropopathy by asserting that we are not humanizing God (anthropomorphism) but that God is theo-gizing us (theomorphism). Absolute selflessness and ...
Dennis Hirota, 2000

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THEOMORPHISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term theomorphism is used in the context of the following news items.
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박경귀의 고전특강(35)-괴테가 부활시킨 위대한 그리스 예술 미학
... 강조”된 것이라며, 인간을 신에 버금가도록 신격화하려 애쓰던 그리스인들의 공유가치이기도 했던 인신동형론(Theomorphism)의 맥락과 연관시켜 해석하고 있다. «미디어펜, Oct 14»
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Documentary tells the story behind Muslim superhero series
... and humans can't imitate divine attributes - a main premise of The 99 Al-Mutawa insists he isn't engaging in theomorphism but is saying that humans should ... «Houston Chronicle, Nov 11»
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Julia Kristeva: The humanism of the Enlightenment must dialogue …
The humanism of the twenty-first century is not a theomorphism. Neither "value" or ulterior "end", Man with a capital M does not exist. After the Shoah and the ... «AsiaNews.it, Oct 11»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Theomorphism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/theomorphism>. May 2024 ».
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