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creationistic

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cre⋅a⋅tion⋅ism

  [kree-ey-shuh-niz-uhm]
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–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

Related forms:
cre⋅a⋅tion⋅ist, noun, adjective
cre⋅a⋅tion⋅is⋅tic, adjective
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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.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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