theanthropism

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek θεός (theós) + Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos) + -ism

Noun

theanthropism (uncountable)

1. A state of being God and man.
   • 1817, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Conclusion”, in Biographia Literaria; or Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, volume II, London: Rest Fenner, […], →OCLC, page 308:

     [I]n speaking theologically and impersonally, i. e. of Psilanthropism and Theanthropism as schemes of Belief, without referrence to Individuals who profess either the one or the other, it will be absurd to use a different language as long as it is the dictate of common sense, that two opposites cannot properly be called by the same name.

2. The ascription of human attributes to a deity.
   • 1879, William Ewart Gladstone, The Olympian System Versus the Solar Theory:

     Here is a tradition embodying that vital union of the human with the divine , which is expressed in the word theanthropism, or anthropomorphism

References

“theanthropism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.