English Explanatory Dictionary

creationism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Abrahamic doctrine that each individual human soul is created by God, as opposed to traducianism.
  2. Any creationary belief, especially a belief that the origin of things is due to an event or process of creation brought about by the deliberate act of any divine agency, such as a Creator God.
  3. The belief that a deity created the world, especially as described in a particular religious text, such as the Quran or the Book of Genesis.

Pronunciation

/kɹiˈeɪʃənɪzəm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-creationism.wav

Word forms

creationism creationisms

Etymology

From creation + -ism.

Related words

creationist creationistic

Derived words

anticreationism day-age creationism evolutionary creationism gap creationism intelligent-design creationism neo-creationism old-earth creationism Old Earth creationism progressive creationism restoration creationism ruin-restoration creationism scientific creationism young-earth creationism Young Earth creationism
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