anthropism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The belief that human beings have a spiritual nature beyond the physical body characterized by in-dwelling Divinity.
  2. The belief that human beings are fundamentally different from everything else in nature and that the world was made for them.

Word forms

anthropism

Etymology

From anthrop- + -ism.

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