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theodicy
[ thee-od-uh-see ]
noun
, plural the·od·i·cies.
- a vindication of the divine attributes, particularly holiness and justice, in establishing or allowing the existence of physical and moral evil.
theodicy
/ θɪˈɒdɪsɪ /
noun
- the branch of theology concerned with defending the attributes of God against objections resulting from physical and moral evil
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Derived Forms
- theˌodiˈcean, adjective
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Other Words From
- the·odi·cean adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of theodicy1
1790–1800; theo- + Greek dík(ē) “justice” + -y 3( def ), modeled on French théodicée, a coinage of Leibniz
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Word History and Origins
Origin of theodicy1
C18: coined by Leibnitz in French as théodicée, from theo- + Greek dikē justice
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Example Sentences
This is the religious exercise known as theodicy: explaining why God allows bad things to happen to good people.
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Leibnitz, in his Monadology, and more especially his Theodicy, witnessed to his belief in this doctrine.
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No theology, no theodicy, has ever attributed to God this title.
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Then in the second place, the Theodicy itself is peculiarly rich in historical material.
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And if we are to consider Leibniz historically, we cannot do better than take up his Theodicy, for two reasons.
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Its whole theodicy is a work not of genius but of imagination, a patching up of neo-Platonic ideas.
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