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transtheistic

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

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adj

Meaning 1

Transcending theism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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.

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History

Etymology

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