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psilanthropism

American

[sahy-lan-thruh-piz-uhm] / saɪˈlæn θrəˌpɪz əm /

Or psilanthropy

noun

the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.

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Origin of psilanthropism

1800–10; < Greek psīlánthrōp ( os ) merely human ( psīl ( ós ) mere + ánthrōp ( os ) man + -os -ous ) + -ism

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