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confessionalism en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English confession English -al English confessional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English confessionalism From confessional + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A belief in the importance of full and unambiguous assent to the whole of a religious teaching.
2. (countable, uncountable) A system of government that proportionally distributes political and institutional power among religious and ethnic communities.
3. (countable, uncountable) A style of American poetry that draws on the personal history of the poet.
   • Her rendition of "Dry Land" from her first album, Back to the Night, was a poetic fusion of music and lyrics that achieved an intimate tone too often sacrificed to confessionalism by other singers. 1977 April 23, Steve Blevins, “Armatrading: "Sit Back And See"”, in Gay Community News, page 11:

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