theologize en · VERB
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin theologizāre, with the transitive sense possibly being formed by theology + -ize.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To discuss or speculate about theological subjects.
Take A Bishop Like Me is Moore's response to his critics in the form of an apologia for his stance on the ordination of both women and homosexuals. The book portrays with candor and a minimum of theologizing the struggles of the leader of an established and venerable institution […] to deal with issues that his constituents would rather not discuss.
1979 April 28, John Graczak, “The Sacred and the Profane”, in Gay Community News, page 16:
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(transitive) To treat something from a theological viewpoint.
School divinity was but Aristotle's philosophy theologized.
1662, Joseph Glanvill, Lux Orientalis:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| theologizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| theologized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| theologized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| theologizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
theologization · theologizer · untheologize
Translations (6)
fr théologiser (discuss or speculate about theological subjects) · sv teologisera (discuss or speculate about theological subjects) · sv teologisera (treat something from a theological viewpoint) · ca teologitzar (discuss or speculate about theological subjects) · tl bathalanin (treat something from a theological viewpoint) · cy diwinydda (treat something from a theological viewpoint)