English Explanatory Dictionary

theodicy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A justification of a deity or of particular attributes of a deity; specifically, a justification of the existence of evil and suffering in the world; a work or discourse justifying the ways of God.

Pronunciation

thēŏʹdĭsi /θiːˈɒd.ɪ.si/ /θiˈɑd.ɪ.si/

Word forms

theodicy theodicies theodicity

Etymology

Borrowed from French théodicée, from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) + δίκη (díkē, “justice”), coined by German mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in his 1710 work Essais de Théodicée sur la bonté de Dieu, la liberté de l'homme et l'origine du mal (Essays of Theodicy on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil), commonly known as Théodicée.

Related words

anthropodicy cosmodicy goalodicy sociodicy theology apologism dystheism eutheism problem of evil theosophy
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