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Theophobe vs Theophobia - What's the difference?

theophobe | theophobia |

Theophobe is a related term of theophobia.


As nouns the difference between theophobe and theophobia

is that theophobe is one who subscribes to theophobia while theophobia is the distaste of gods and religion.

theophobe

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who subscribes to theophobia.

    • theophobia

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The distaste of Gods and religion.
  • * 1845 , Tayler Lewis, Plato Contra Atheos: Plato Against the Atheists , page 131:
    • We see not how, even on this scheme most ingenious as it is, the atheist can expect to find relief from his tormenting theophobia , or escape that object of his greatest dread, a superhuman being , whether he styles him a God or a Daemon.
  • * 1909 , Erich Wasmann, The Berlin Discussion of the Problem of Evolution , page 47:
    • In many scientific circles there is an absolute theophobia , a dread of the Creator.
  • *1913 , Robert Loyalty Cru, Diderot as a Disciple of English Thought , page 421:
    • "Patriotism and theophobia are the sources of great tragedies and terrifying pictures.
  • * 2005 , Morris A. Inch, Elder Brother: A Christian Alternative to Anti-Semitism , page 81:
    • "One might postulate at this point that persons suffer from theophobia , contempt for one thought to usurp their prerogatives.

    Related terms

    * theophobe * theophobic