anthropomorphitismn.
/ˌanθrəpəˈmɔːfᵻtɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌænθrəpəˈmɔrfᵻˌtɪz(ə)m/ Now rare.
The doctrine or beliefs of anthropomorphites; (more generally) anthropomorphism; the ascription of human form, character, or attributes to God. Cf. anthropomorphism n. 1a, anthropomorphite n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > possessing personal attributes > ascription of > of human form or attributes
anthropomorphism1650
anthropomorphitism1664
anthropomorphology1871
1664 H. More Apol. 489 A vindication of a certain passage in his Cabbala from the suspicion of Anthropomorphitism.
1700 G. Keith 4th Narr. Proc. Turners-hall iii. 101 G. W. in his [book] Christ Ascended above the Clouds,..denyeth him to have a personal Existence in Heaven, without the Saints, and chargeth it to be Anthropomorphitism and Muggletonism.
1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iv. 508 How to put the Question in respect of God..without gross Anthropomorphitism.
a1833 G. Higgins Anacalypsis (1836) I. 839 Before I conclude this volume I request my reader's attention to a peculiar system of Anthropomorphitism, and to the general anthropomorphitic style of description which may be observed every where in the Jewish sacred writings.
1987 J. R. Stephenson tr. H. Küng Incarnation of God 447 (footnote) H. M. Kuitert's Gott in Menschengestalt..seeks to combine the dogmatic with the hermeneutical approach in steering a middle path between total acceptance (anthropomorphitism) and total rejection (gnosis) of the biblical anthropomorphisms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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