theophilanthropy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French théophilanthropie.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /θiːə(ʊ)fɪˈlanθɹəpi/

Noun[edit]

theophilanthropy (uncountable)

  1. (now historical) A deistic belief system based on the worship of God and one's fellow man, and the immortality of the soul.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 535:
      From 1796, the Director La Révellière-Lépeaux threw his weight behind the cult of Theophilanthropy, a somewhat whimsical form of philosophical Deism.