Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The doctrine of the self-existence of God; specifically, the ascription of self-existence to the second person of the Trinity.
- noun Assumption of divine powers; self-deification; excessive self-esteem. Nineteenth Century.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The doctrine of God's self-existence.
- noun rare Deification of one's self; self-worship.
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- noun
worship ofoneself - noun
belief that one is adeity - noun
belief that one is possessed by a greater power
Etymologies
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Greek: autos: self and theos: god
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Examples
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The last legend of Hugo's imagination was the Hugo legend: if theism was his faith, autotheism was his superstition.
A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Edward Dowden 1878
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Belief in self-subsistence of God the Son; deification of oneself.
May 16, 2008