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docetist

docetist noun: one who believes in docetism.

Noun

docetist (plural docetists)

  1. One who believes in docetism.
    Synonyms:
    Docetae, docete

Adjective

docetist (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of docetic, of or related to docetism or docetists.
    • The Apocryphal Acts of John expresses the Gnostic and docetist heresy of distinguishing the Cosmic Christ from Jesus the Christ.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 253
    Synonyms:
    docetic, of or related to docetism or docetists

Synonyms of docetist

Forms of docetist

pluraldocetists

Origin of docetist

From Docetae + -ist, from Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí), from Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to seem, to appear”).

Words formed from docetist

Questions about docetist

What does docetist mean?
Docetist means one who believes in docetism.
What part of speech is docetist?
Docetist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of docetist?
The plural of docetist is docetists.

Words near docetist in the dictionary

  1. docetaxel
  2. docetic
  3. docetically
  4. docetism
  5. docetisms
  6. docetist
  7. docetistic
  8. docetists
  9. docetize
  10. docetized
  11. docetizes

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