theomorphic

[ thee-uh-mawr-fik ]

adjective

1. having the form or likeness of God or a deity.

theomorphic

/ ˌθɪəˈmɔːfɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the conception or representation of man as having the form of God or a deity

Derived Forms

• ˌtheoˈmorphism, noun

Other Words From

• theo·morphism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of theomorphic¹

1865–70; < Greek theómorph ( os ) ( theo-, -morphous ) + -ic; -morphic

Word History and Origins

Origin of theomorphic¹

C19: from Greek theomorphos, from theo- + morphē form

Example Sentences

Then there’s SanTO, short for Sanctified Theomorphic Operator, a foot-and-a-half tall robot that’s designed in the image of any number of statues that Catholic believers might place in their homes.

From Washington Times

Theomorphic, thē-ō-mor′fik, adj. having the form or likeness of a god.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

I believe in an anthropomorphic God, simply because I believe in a Theomorphic man.

From Project Gutenberg

As the Pharaoh was a theomorphic man, so Osiris was an anthropomorphic god.

From Project Gutenberg

To the Egyptian, religion consisted in paraded symbols, in avenues of sphinxes, in forests of obelisks, in pharaohs seated colossally before the temple doors, in inscriptions that told indistinguishably of theomorphic men and anthropomorphic gods, and in a belief in the divinity of bulls and hawks.

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