Christlikeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

Christlike (comparative more Christlike, superlative most Christlike)

1. Characteristic of Jesus Christ or his works.

   Synonym: Jesuslike

   • 1896, James S. Kennedy, “Spiritual Development of St. Paul”, in The Methodist review‎, page 66:

     Paul's faith was at this crisis in his spiritual illumination more Abrahamic than Christlike in its character.

   • 1988 December 25, G. Steven Rose, “A Brave And Charming Diplomat”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 24, page 12:

     I always wanted him to get angrier, sharper. He was too Christlike — too decent (and I am convinced he was sincere) to convey the horror, to get across just how ugly it is on the inside of life with AIDS.

使用する際の注意点

• GPO manual recommends using a hyphen with words ending in -like when the first element is a proper name. However, Christlike and Christ-like are about equally common.

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