English Explanatory Dictionary

evangelicalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Lutheranism and continental Calvinism.
  2. Contemporary Protestant movement based on energetic proselytism and a renewed focus on the Bible and in the belief in its inerrancy.
  3. Christian fundamentalism.
  4. Islamic movements which are based on preaching and proselytism (dawah).

Word forms

evangelicalism evangelicalisms

Etymology

From evangelical + -ism.

Related words

evangel evangelic evangelical evangelically evangelise evangeliser evangelist evangelistic evangelistical evangelistically evangelize evangelizer

Derived words

open evangelicalism
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