Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: theanthropism
  1. (theology) the doctrine that Jesus was a union of the human and the divine
    "Theanthropism is a central tenet of many Christian denominations"
     
  2. The representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits
    "Ancient Greek art showed theanthropism in its depiction of Zeus and other deities";
    - anthropomorphism

Derived forms: theanthropisms

Type of: representational process, theological doctrine