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theosis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • thē-ō′sĭs
  • /θiːˈəʊ.sɪs/ (UK)
  • /θiˈoʊ.sɪs/ (US)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin theōsis, from Koine Greek θέωσις (théōsis).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The likeness to or union with God; deification.
    • For him, theosis or deification was the destination for human salvation, whose attainment Adam’s sin in Eden had imperilled but not rendered impossible;[…] 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, Viking Press, →ISBN, page 440:
  2. (Eastern, qualifier:Eastern Orthodoxy, uncountable) The process of attaining this state of union with God.

Relateds

catharsis · theopoesis · divinization · deification · apotheosis · metanoia

Translations (16)

sv gudomliggörelse (likeness to or union with God) · fi jumalallistuminen (the process of attaining this) · hu megistenülés (likeness to or union with God) · mk обожување (the process of attaining this) · fi jumalallisuus (likeness to or union with God) · fr théosis (likeness to or union with God) · mk обожување (likeness to or union with God) · el θέωση (likeness to or union with God) · fi teoosi (the process of attaining this) · id teosis (likeness to or union with God) · la deificātiō (likeness to or union with God) · la theōsis (likeness to or union with God) · grc θέωσις (likeness to or union with God) · fi teoosi (likeness to or union with God) · hu átistenülés (likeness to or union with God) · de Theosis (likeness to or union with God)