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theopathetic

theopathetic adjective: theopathic.

Adjective

theopathetic (comparative more theopathetic, superlative most theopathetic)

  1. theopathic
    • Thus, while the mystic of the theopathetic species is content to contemplate, to feel, or to act, suffering under Deity in his sublime passivity, the mysticism I term theosophic aspires to know and believes itself in possession of a certain supernatural divine faculty for that purpose.1856, Robert Alfred Vaughan, Hours with the mystics : a contribution to the history of religious opinion, volume 1, London: John W. Parker, →OCLC, page 45

Forms of theopathetic

comparativemore theopathetic
superlativemost theopathetic

Questions about theopathetic

What does theopathetic mean?
Theopathetic means theopathic.
What part of speech is theopathetic?
Theopathetic is an adjective.

Words near theopathetic in the dictionary

  1. theopaschism
  2. theopaschite
  3. theopaschites
  4. theopaschitism
  5. theopath
  6. theopathetic
  7. theopathic
  8. theopathies
  9. theopaths
  10. theopathy
  11. theopederin

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