Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transtheistic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trans-the-is-tic
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Transcending theism.

Example Sentences

"1952, Paul Tillich, The Courage to Be, Yale University Press, Stoicism in this sense is a basic religious attitude, whether it appears in theistic, atheistic, or transtheistic forms."
"1953, Heinrich Robert Zimmer (auth.), Joseph Campbell (ed.), Philosophies of India, page 182, […] the Tirthankaras have passed beyond the godly governors of the natural order. Jainism, that is to say, is not atheistic; it is transtheistic."

Etymology

From trans- + theistic, coined by philosopher Paul Tillich and Indologist Heinrich Zimmer; see quotations below.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: trans

Inflected Forms

more transtheistic (comparative) most transtheistic (superlative)

Questions

What does transtheistic mean?: Transcending theism.
Where does transtheistic come from?: From trans- + theistic, coined by philosopher Paul Tillich and Indologist Heinrich Zimmer; see quotations below.

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