单词 | theomorphic |
释义 | theomorphicadj. Having the form or likeness of God; of or pertaining to theomorphism. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > godlike > in form deiform1642 deiformed1652 theomorphic1870 1870 J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects 324/2 Although the Creator thus made man theomorphic, we are not to think of God as anthropomorphic. 1889 A. Moore Christian Doctr. God in Lux Mundi 64 A theomorphic view of man is of the essence of his faith. 1894 J. R. Illingworth Personality (1895) viii. 214 Our anthropomorphic language follows from our theomorphic minds. 1897 R. L. Ottley Aspects O. Test. vii. 340 Mosaism recognizes, so to speak, the theomorphic structure of man. Derivatives theoˈmorphism n. the doctrine that man has the form or likeness of God. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > doctrine concerning God or a god > [noun] > theomorphism theomorphism1822 1822 tr. C. Malte-Brun Universal Geogr. I. 576 Theomorphism, the religion of the Hindoos, is the best supported of all the ancient systems of worship; it still exists. 1886 St. G. Mivart in Fortn. Rev. Jan. 63 A natural and innocuous Anthropomorphism of the intellect—which..may be more properly called Theomorphism. 1897 T. Stephens in Evang. Mag. June 289 Theomorphism in the doctrine of man has gone on side by side with anthropomorphism in the doctrine of God. theoˈmorphize v. (transitive) to form in the image of God. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [verb (transitive)] > form in image of theomorphize1905 1905 J. Orr Probl. Old Test. v. 118 God, in creating, theomorphises man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1822 |
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