docetism
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Etymology
From Latin Docetae + -ism, from Ancient Greek δοκηταί (dokētaí, “phantasmists”), coined 197–203 CE by Serapion of Antioch, from δοκέω (dokéō, “I seem”), δόκησις (dókēsis, “apparition, phantom”). Related to latter component of synecdoche.
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docetism (countable and uncountable, plural docetisms)
- (Christianity) The doctrine of the Docetes, that Jesus only appeared to have a physical body and was ultimately of celestial substance.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 124:
- His Passion and Resurrection in history were therefore not fleshly events, even if they seemed so; they were heavenly play-acting (the doctrine known as Docetism, from the Greek verb dokein, ‘to seem’).
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French docétisme.
Noun
docetism n (uncountable)
Declension
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | docetism | docetismul |
| genitive-dative | docetism | docetismului |
| vocative | docetismule | |