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7 dictionary results for: creationism
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cre·a·tion·ism       [kree-ey-shuh-niz-uhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the doctrine that matter and all things were created, substantially as they now exist, by an omnipotent Creator, and not gradually evolved or developed.
2.(sometimes initial capital letter) the doctrine that the true story of the creation of the universe is as it is recounted in the Bible, esp. in the first chapter of Genesis.
3.the doctrine that God immediately creates out of nothing a new human soul for each individual born.
Compare traducianism.


[Origin: 1840–50; creation + -ism]

cre·a·tion·ist, noun, adjective
cre·a·tion·is·tic, adjective
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cre·a·tion·ism       (krē-ā'shə-nĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Belief in the literal interpretation of the account of the creation of the universe and of all living things related in the Bible.

cre·a'tion·ist adj. & n.
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creationism

noun
the literal belief in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis; "creationism denies the theory of evolution of species" 

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
creationism

A literal belief in the biblical account of Creation as it appears in the Book of Genesis. Creationists believe that the creation of the world and all its creatures took place in six calendar days; they therefore deny the theory of evolution.


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creationism
The (false) belief that large, innovative software designs can be completely specified in advance and then painlessly magicked out of the void by the normal efforts of a team of normally talented programmers. In fact, experience has shown repeatedly that good designs arise only from evolutionary, exploratory interaction between one (or at most a small handful of) exceptionally able designer(s) and an active user population - and that the first try at a big new idea is always wrong. Unfortunately, because these truths don't fit the planning models beloved of management, they are generally ignored.
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creationism

n. The (false) belief that large, innovative software designs can be completely specified in advance and then painlessly magicked out of the void by the normal efforts of a team of normally talented programmers. In fact, experience has shown repeatedly that good designs arise only from evolutionary, exploratory interaction between one (or at most a small handful of) exceptionally able designer(s) and an active user population -- and that the first try at a big new idea is always wrong. Unfortunately, because these truths don't fit the planning models beloved of management, they are generally ignored.

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Creationism

Cre*a"tion*ism\ (-?z'm), n. The doctrine that a soul is specially created for each human being as soon as it is formed in the womb; -- opposed to traducianism.

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