theophilanthropy

English

Etymology

From French théophilanthropie.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.