creationism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /kɹiˈeɪʃənɪzəm/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁eh₂yéti Latin creō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin creātiōnemlbor. Old French creacionbor. Middle English creacion English creation 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 creationism From creation + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The Abrahamic doctrine that each individual human soul is created by God, as opposed to traducianism.
the preservation of the race of man is made to grow out of that quickening impulse, which we call the life of humanity. This notion, which was called Traducianism by the schoolmen (the system opposed to it being termed Creatianism ^([sic]))
1848, Robert Wilberforce, The Doctrine of the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ, in its relation to Mankind and to the Church:
- (uncountable, usually) 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.
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(uncountable, usually) 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.
It must be reasonably clear to all who have taken pains to understand the matter that the true issue as regards design is not between Darwinism and direct Creationism, but between design and fortuity, between any intention or intellectual cause and no intention nor predicable first cause.
1880, Asa Gray, Natural science and religion, 2 lectures, page 89:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| creationisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
neo-creationism · gap creationism · restoration creationism · old-earth creationism · ruin-restoration creationism · scientific creationism · evolutionary creationism · intelligent-design creationism · Old Earth creationism · day-age creationism · young-earth creationism · progressive creationism · anticreationism · Young Earth creationism
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Translations (51)
eo kreacio (any creationary theory or belief system) · la creationismus (any creationary theory or belief system) · aii ܒܪܝܼܬܵܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (any creationary theory or belief system) · hu kreacionizmus (any creationary theory or belief system) · tl kreasyonismo (any creationary theory or belief system) · fr créationnisme (any creationary theory or belief system) · el δημιουργισμός (any creationary theory or belief system) · mk креациони́зам (any creationary theory or belief system) · he בְּרִיאָתָנוּת (any creationary theory or belief system) · it creazionismo (any creationary theory or belief system) · lt kreacionizmas (any creationary theory or belief system) · nn kreasjonisme (any creationary theory or belief system) · et kreatsionism (any creationary theory or belief system) · cs kreacionalismus (any creationary theory or belief system) · gl creacionismo (any creationary theory or belief system) · cs kreacionismus (any creationary theory or belief system) · cmn 神創論 /神创论 (any creationary theory or belief system) · ru креациони́зм (any creationary theory or belief system) · nl creationisme (any creationary theory or belief system) · bg креациони́зъм (any creationary theory or belief system) · cmn 創造論 /创造论 (any creationary theory or belief system) · ca creacionisme (any creationary theory or belief system) · pt criacionismo (any creationary theory or belief system) · li creationisme (any creationary theory or belief system) · nl scheppingsleer (any creationary theory or belief system) · az kreatsionizm (any creationary theory or belief system) · sv kreationism (any creationary theory or belief system) · fi kreationismi (any creationary theory or belief system) · es creacionismo (any creationary theory or belief system) · id kreasionisme (any creationary theory or belief system) · ja 創造論 (any creationary theory or belief system) · fi luomisusko (any creationary theory or belief system) · hy կրեացիոնիզմ (any creationary theory or belief system) · uk креаціоні́зм (any creationary theory or belief system) · lb Kreationismus (any creationary theory or belief system) · eu kreazionismo (any creationary theory or belief system) · ka კრეაციონიზმი (any creationary theory or belief system) · hi सृष्टिवाद (any creationary theory or belief system) · sh kreacionizam (any creationary theory or belief system) · ro creaționism (any creationary theory or belief system) · hi सृजनवाद (any creationary theory or belief system) · nb kreasjonisme (any creationary theory or belief system) · tr yaratılışçılık (any creationary theory or belief system) · de Kreationismus (any creationary theory or belief system) · af kreasionisme (any creationary theory or belief system) · be крэацыяні́зм (any creationary theory or belief system) · eo kreismo (any creationary theory or belief system) · pl kreacjonizm (any creationary theory or belief system) · la demiurgismus (any creationary theory or belief system) · war kreasyonismo (any creationary theory or belief system) · af skeppingsleer (any creationary theory or belief system)