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creationism
[ kree-ey-shuh-niz-uhm ]
noun
- the doctrine that matter and all things were created, substantially as they now exist, by an omnipotent Creator, and not gradually evolved or developed.
- (sometimes initial capital letter) the doctrine that the true story of the creation of the universe is as it is recounted in the Bible, especially in the first chapter of Genesis.
- the doctrine that God immediately creates out of nothing a new human soul for each individual born.
creationism
/ kriːˈeɪʃəˌnɪzəm /
noun
- the belief that God brings individual human souls into existence at conception or birth Compare traducianism
- the doctrine that ascribes the origins of all things to God's acts of creation rather than to evolution
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Derived Forms
- creˈationist, noun
- creˌationˈistic, adjective
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Other Words From
- cre·ation·ist noun adjective
- cre·ation·istic adjective
- anti·cre·ation·ism noun
- anti·cre·ation·ist noun adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of creationism1
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Example Sentences
Forget all the arguments about evolution versus creationism and the natural versus the spiritual.
The basic debate between creationism and evolution remains in play decades later.
In July 1925, the town hosted the Scopes Monkey Trial, a landmark case in the history of creationism.
The Scopes Trial was a formative moment for modern creationism.
Human tails are a genetic accident—and a big problem for the faux-scientific creationism known as ‘intelligent design.’
As compared with the ex nihilo creationism of orthodox theology, this theory is as light is to darkness.
This metaphysical creationism had now to face physical evolutionism.
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