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docetic

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /dəʊˈsɛtɪk/
  • rhymes with -ɛtɪk

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or related to docetism or docetists, believing that Jesus was fully divine and only appeared to be human and to suffer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: Christianity

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History

Etymology

From Docetae + -ic, from Late Latin Docetae, from Koine Greek Δοκηταί (Dokētaí), from Ancient Greek δοκεῖν (dokeîn, “to seem, to appear”).