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anthropotheism

anthropotheism noun: the ascription of human form and nature to the gods, or the belief that gods are deified human beings.

Noun

anthropotheism (uncountable)

  1. The ascription of human form and nature to the gods, or the belief that gods are deified human beings.

Origin of anthropotheism

From anthropo- + theism.

Questions about anthropotheism

What does anthropotheism mean?
Anthropotheism means the ascription of human form and nature to the gods, or the belief that gods are deified human beings.
What part of speech is anthropotheism?
Anthropotheism is a noun.

Words near anthropotheism in the dictionary

  1. anthropotechnically
  2. anthropotechnics
  3. anthropotechnogenic
  4. anthropotechnological
  5. anthropotechnology
  6. anthropotheism
  7. anthropotomical
  8. anthropotomically
  9. anthropotomies
  10. anthropotomist
  11. anthropotomists

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