Main Entry:

Do·ce·tism

Pronunciation:

\dō-ˈsē-ˌti-zəm, ˈdō-sə-\

Function:

noun

Date:

1846

: a belief opposed as heresy in early Christianity that Christ only seemed to have a human body and to suffer and die on the cross

— Do·ce·tist \-ˈsē-tist, -sə-\ noun