anthrop-, anthropo-, -anthrope, -anthropic, -anthropical, -anthropically, -anthropism, -anthropist, -anthropoid, -anthropus, -anthropy +
(Greek: man; human beings, mankind; including, males (man, men; boy, boys) and females (woman, women; girl, girls); all members of the human race; people, humanity)
theanthropos
1. A godlike person.
2. A human god; a mankind incarnating, or believed to incarnate, God, or a god.
2. A human god; a mankind incarnating, or believed to incarnate, God, or a god.
theanthroposophy
A system of belief concerning the God-man.
theanthropy, theanthropism
1. The assigning of human characteristics to a god or gods.
2. The Christian doctrine that the human and the divine are united in Jesus Christ.
3. The doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, or of the manifestation of God as man, in Christ.
2. The Christian doctrine that the human and the divine are united in Jesus Christ.
3. The doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, or of the manifestation of God as man, in Christ.
theomisanthropist
Someone who hates God and mankind.
A priest is trying to encourage a man to attend church, but the man is showing his hatred for both religion and apparently for people who are participants in church functions.
theophilanthropist; theophilanthropic
A person who is said to love both God and human beings.
Theophilanthropists were members of a deistical society established in Paris during the French revolution, or Directory, that aimed to institute in place of Christianity, which had been officially abolished, a new religion, affirming belief in the existence of God, in the immortality of the soul, and in virtue.
theophilanthropy, theophilanthropic
A belief that expresses a love for God and mankind.
therianthropia, therianthropism
1. Combining human and animal form; such as, the centaur.
2. Combining the form of a beast with that of a man; of or pertaining to deities represented in the combined forms of man and beast; such as, dog- or eagle-headed divinities.
3. The belief that humans may sometimes assume animal form, as the werewolf.
2. Combining the form of a beast with that of a man; of or pertaining to deities represented in the combined forms of man and beast; such as, dog- or eagle-headed divinities.
3. The belief that humans may sometimes assume animal form, as the werewolf.
therianthropic
1. Being partly bestial and partly human in form; for example, an imaginary being; such as, a centaur that is partly human and partly animal.
2. Of or pertaining to deities conceived or represented in human and animal form.
2. Of or pertaining to deities conceived or represented in human and animal form.
therianthropy
The transformation into animal form, such as lycanthropy.
visual anthropology
A branch of anthropology which studies the visual elements of human culture in the form of artwork and utilitarian objects (designed primarily for practical use rather than beauty); involving issues; such as, why a culture chooses one form over another or one material type over another type.
zoanthropic
1. A descriptive term for a mental disorder in which people believe themselves to be animals.
2. A kind of monomania, or delusion, in which patients are convinced that they have been transformed into one of the lower animals.
2. A kind of monomania, or delusion, in which patients are convinced that they have been transformed into one of the lower animals.
zoanthropy
A mental derangement, or disorder, in which a person believes himself/herself to be an animal and acts accordingly.
zooanthroponosis
An animal disease normally maintained by humans but which can be transmitted to other vertebrates; e.g., amebiasis to dogs, tuberculosis, etc.
zoological anthropology
Anthropology with particular reference to mankind's place in the animal kingdom, and with special emphasis on comparisons with other primates.
