Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

docetism

/doʊˈsiːtɪz(ə)m/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables: do-cetism
IPA: /doʊˈsiːtɪz(ə)m/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The belief that Jesus was fully divine and only appeared or pretended to be human and to suffer.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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’)."

Etymology

From Docetae + -ism, from Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí) coined 197–203 CE by Serapion of Antioch, from Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to seem, to appear”). Related to latter component of synecdoche.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Docetae, Δοκηταί, δοκέω
Suffix: Docetae

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /doʊˈsiːtɪz(ə)m/
British English: /dəʊˈsiːtɪz(ə)m/

Usage

Inflected Forms

docetisms (plural)

Derived Forms

docetic

Frequently Paired Words

Docetae docete docetic synecdoche gnosticism monophysitism

Questions

How do you pronounce docetism?: The recorded pronunciation is /doʊˈsiːtɪz(ə)m/.
What does docetism mean?: The belief that Jesus was fully divine and only appeared or pretended to be human and to suffer.
Where does docetism come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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