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transtheistic

transtheistic adjective: transcending theism.

Adjective

transtheistic (comparative more transtheistic, superlative most transtheistic)

  1. Transcending theism.
    • Stoicism in this sense is a basic religious attitude, whether it appears in theistic, atheistic, or transtheistic forms.1952, Paul Tillich, The Courage to Be, Yale University Press
    • […] the Tirthankaras have passed beyond the godly governors of the natural order. Jainism, that is to say, is not atheistic; it is transtheistic.1953, Heinrich Robert Zimmer (auth.), Joseph Campbell (ed.), Philosophies of India, page 182

Forms of transtheistic

comparativemore transtheistic
superlativemost transtheistic

Origin of transtheistic

From trans- + theistic, coined by philosopher Paul Tillich and Indologist Heinrich Zimmer; see quotations below.

Questions about transtheistic

What does transtheistic mean?
Transtheistic means transcending theism.
What part of speech is transtheistic?
Transtheistic is an adjective.

Words near transtheistic in the dictionary

  1. transterrestrial
  2. Transteverine
  3. Transteverines
  4. transthalamic
  5. transtheism
  6. transtheistic
  7. transtheoretical
  8. transtheoretically
  9. transthioesterification
  10. transthioesterifications
  11. transthiolation

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