I-thoun.
/ˈʌɪðaʊ/ Used attributively of a personal relationship between man and God. Also transferred.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > [adjective] > of or belonging to human relationship > with God
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [adjective] > relating to relationship between man and God
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1937 R. G. Smith tr. Buber I & Thou i. 3 The primary words are not isolated words, but combined words. The one primary word is the combination I-Thou. The other primary word is the combination I-It.
1937 R. G. Smith tr. Buber I & Thou i. 3 If Thou is said, the I of the combination I-Thou is said along with it.
1958 Church Times 14 Feb. 10/3 Am I really prepared to obey God, in the utter loneliness of the ‘I-Thou’ relationship, even if it means the actual hatred of other people?
1961 Eng. Stud. Oct. 323 But Dr Esch also stresses the differences: while the other of the love-poetry is an equal partner, his God is totaliter aliter, which makes for a completely different I-Thou relation.
1967 C. Davis Question of Conscience 223 We may first take the I-Thou relationship of deep personal commitment.
1967 Guardian 19 May 9/1 When any chorus stands up to sing..it is so much more an I-Thou affair than opera.
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