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theopathy
[ thee-op-uh-thee ]
noun
- religious emotion excited by the contemplation of God.
theopathy
/ θɪˈɒpəθɪ; ˌθɪəpəˈθɛtɪk; ˌθɪəˈpæθɪk /
noun
- religious emotion engendered by the contemplation of or meditation upon God
Derived Forms
- theopathetic, adjective
Other Words From
- the·o·pa·thet·ic [thee-oh-p, uh, -, thet, -ik], the·o·path·ic [thee-, uh, -, path, -ik], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of theopathy1
Word History and Origins
Origin of theopathy1
Example Sentences
Theopathy, thē-ōp′a-thi, n. religious emotion aroused by meditation about God.—adj.
He shows elaborately how the pleasures and pains of “imagination, ambition, self-interest, sympathy, theopathy, and the moral sense” are developed out of the elementary pleasures and pains of sensation; by the coalescence into really complex but apparently single ideas of the “miniatures” or faint feelings which the repetition of sensations contemporaneously or in immediate succession tends to produce in cohering groups.
"Ecstasy of a religious nature" brings forth theopathy.
Generous of heart, he was filled with bitter suspicions; inordinately proud, he nursed his pride amid sordid realities; cherishing ideals of purity and innocence, he sank deep in the mire of imaginative sensuality; effeminate, he was also indomitable; an uncompromising optimist, he saw the whole world lying in wickedness; a passionate lover of freedom, he aimed at establishing the most unqualified of tyrannies; among the devout he was a free-thinker, among the philosophers he was the sentimentalist of theopathy.
It is an indication of the current of the time that fifteen years later, when the Libres M�ditations appeared, S�nancourt had found his way through a vague theopathy to autumnal brightness, late-born hope, and tranquil reconcilement with existence.
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