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PRONUNCIATION OF THEOPHOBIA

theophobia  [ˌθɪəˈfəʊbɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THEOPHOBIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Theophobia 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 THEOPHOBIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of theophobia in the English dictionary

The definition of theophobia in the dictionary is morbid fear or hatred of God.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THEOPHOBIA


acrophobia
ˌækrəˈfəʊbɪə
aerophobia
ˌɛərəˈfəʊbɪə
agoraphobia
ˌæɡərəˈfəʊbɪə
arachnophobia
əˌræknəˈfəʊbɪə
claustrophobia
ˌklɔːstrəˈfəʊbɪə
emetophobia
ɪˌmetəˈfəʊbɪə
homophobia
ˌhəʊməʊˈfəʊbɪə
hydrophobia
ˌhaɪdrəˈfəʊbɪə
Islamophobia
ˌɪzlɑːməˈfəʊbɪə
monophobia
ˌmɒnəʊˈfəʊbɪə
neophobia
ˌniːəʊˈfəʊbɪə
nomophobia
ˌnəʊməʊˈfəʊbɪə
nyctophobia
ˌnɪktəʊˈfəʊbɪə
phobia
ˈfəʊbɪə
phonophobia
ˌfəʊnəʊˈfəʊbɪə
photophobia
ˌfəʊtəʊˈfəʊbɪə
scopophobia
ˌskɒpəˈfəʊbɪə
technophobia
ˌtɛknəʊˈfəʊbɪə
triskaidekaphobia
ˌtrɪskaɪˌdɛkəˈfəʊbɪə
xenophobia
ˌzɛnəˈfəʊbɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THEOPHOBIA

theopathetic
theopathic
theopathy
theophagies
theophagous
theophagy
theophanic
theophanies
theophanous
theophany
Theophilus
theophobiac
theophobist
theophoric
Theophrastus
theophylline
theopneust
theopneustic
theopneusty
theorbist

WORDS THAT END LIKE THEOPHOBIA

aichmophobia
ailurophobia
algophobia
anglophobia
anthropophobia
aquaphobia
astraphobia
astrophobia
autophobia
gynophobia
necrophobia
ornithophobia
panophobia
pyrophobia
Russophobia
school phobia
sitophobia
social phobia
thanatophobia
Zenobia
zoophobia

Synonyms and antonyms of theophobia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «theophobia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THEOPHOBIA

Find out the translation of theophobia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of theophobia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «theophobia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

theophobia
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

teofobia
570 millions of speakers

English

theophobia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

theophobia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

theophobia
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

theophobia
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

teofobia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

theophobia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

theophobia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Theophobia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

theophobia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

theophobia
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

theophobia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Theophobia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

theophobia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

theophobia
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दऑफोबिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

theophobia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

theophobia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

theophobia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

theophobia
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Theophobia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

theophobia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

theophobia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

theophobia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

theophobia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of theophobia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THEOPHOBIA»

The term «theophobia» is used very little and occupies the 179.105 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THEOPHOBIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «theophobia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «theophobia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THEOPHOBIA»

Discover the use of theophobia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to theophobia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Theophobia
Theophobia continues Beasley's postmodern spiritual meditations in the tradition of John Donne, George Herbert, Emily Dickinson, and T.S. Eliot.
Bruce Beasley, 2012
2
Homiletic Review
"Theophobia" "Writing of the relation of science to religion, Sir Bertram C. A. Windle, an English scientist of undoubted distinction and a whole-hearted convert to the Roman Catholic Church, takes the view that the reason why most men of ...
‎1920
3
The Homiletic Review
Theophobia” 'Writing of the relation of'science to religion, Sir Bertram C. A. Windle, an English scientist of undoubted distinction and a whole-hearted convert to the Roman Catholic Church, takes the view that the reason why most men of ...
‎1920
4
Evolution and Social Progress
rectly been diagnosed as theophobia: a fear of God that is neither a gift of the Holy Ghost nor yet the beginning of wisdom ? It would certainly seem so. Evolution, in brief, is acknowledged to have been a failure because it has not accomplished ...
Joseph Casper Husslein, 1920
5
Why God Doesn't Hate You
1427 A.D.), Bk. I, Ch.24: Judgment and the Punishment of Sin 5 The term “ Theophobia”, which appears to be fairly new in common usage, originally meant “Fear of God”, but is defined now as “morbid fear or hatred of God.” “theophobia.
Tia Michelle Pesando, 2014
6
The Political Economy of Theocracy
Theophobia? First, let me suggest, that the significant expansion of the Khomeiniinspired model of “the guardianship of the jurist” beyond the borders of Iran will not happen. Indeed, its home exemplar is not stable. Domestically the Iranian ...
Ronald Wintrobe, Mario Ferrero, 2009
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The Synonym Finder
3. agoraphobia, claustrophobia, acrophobia; andro phobia, gynephobia, pedophobia, anthrophobia xenophobia; theophobia, demonophobia, phasomo- phobia; ailurophobia, cynophobia, musophobia, ophi ciophobia, ornithophobia, ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
8
Unhitched: The Trial of Christopher Hitchens
3 guilTyaS SiN: THEOPHObia, frOm ruSHdiE TO THE war ON TErrOr I have one consistency, which is [being] against the totalitarian – on the left and on the right. The totalitarian, to me, is the enemy – the one that's absolute, the one that wants  ...
Richard Seymour, 2012
9
Euangelion on Facebook
"Theophobia" Tues at 21:07 This morning, as I went through the Scriptures, Revelation 14:7, in the original Greek text, I came across this term that l coined, and I am loving it! In the realm of psychology, phobias are prohibitive and negative.
Ndabezinhle Nxumalo
10
The Renaissance New Testament: Matthew 1-7
It was Nimrod's arrogant theophobia that destroyed communication at Babel and brought the interpersonal conflict that intensified into international bloodshed that today threatens civilization itself. And it is the theophobia of godless ...
Yeager, Dr. Randolph

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THEOPHOBIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term theophobia is used in the context of the following news items.
1
All the anxiety that success and money cannot end
He's not alone in suffering from these phobias, but he forgot about one that may be at the base of the others: theophobia. Living apart from God is tough. We see ... «World Magazine, Jan 15»
2
Karl Miller's grand style: John Sutherland remembers the late, great …
His growing theophobia found book form in Milton's God (1961). Johnson was determined to make the Statesman even more of a political heavyweight than it ... «New Statesman, Oct 14»
3
Theophobia a 'Notable Book of 2014'
According to Poetry Northwestreviewer Brandon Krieg, "The gods feared in Bruce Beasley's brilliant, ambitious new collection, Theophobia are the gods we ... «Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Mar 14»
4
The Trial of Richard Seymour: The Guardian's most hateful columnist?
... to its knees”; masquerading as a “Marxist” he has managed to coin the term “theophobia” and feels the need to put the term 'ex-Muslim' in scare quotes. «The Commentator, Nov 13»
5
Jesus as God in the Gospel of Mark?
If I suffered from theophobia after reading the OT, I would certainly be comforted when introduced to the Gospel of Mark. Immortal spirit becomes temporal flesh ... «Patheos, Oct 13»
6
Can Your Child Be Too Religious?
It should be clear to any religious person that Francine Russo, herself, suffers from a mental illness. The clinical term is "theophobia", an unreasoning fear of ... «TIME, Mar 13»
7
Unhitched: the Trial of Christopher Hitchens, By Richard Seymour
When the Iraq war turned into the public murder of Shia by Sunni, the occasion was ready-made for Hitchens's version of what Seymour calls his "theophobia". «The Independent, Jan 13»
8
A Tale of Two Thomases
There are no explicit avowals in Mind and Cosmos of theophobia, as there were in The Last Word , and Nagel allows that intentional design is a possibility, ... «First Things, Nov 12»
9
"Theophobia" versus homophobia: Policy 5.45 debate continues
In her letter (School system has become belief-based, Burnaby NOW online), Suzana Kovacic of the Catholic Rights Civil League accuses me of being ... «Burnaby Now, Jul 11»
10
After New York's marriage vote, Archbishop Dolan warns of further …
However, he added, “the problem is not homophobia but theophobia – a hatred by some of God, faith, religion, and the Church.” Archbishop Dolan also said he's ... «Catholic News Agency, Jul 11»

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« EDUCALINGO. Theophobia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/theophobia>. Apr 2024 ».
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