| ADOPTIONISM | • adoptionism n. (Christianity) A form of Christianity which maintains that Jesus is divine only in the sense that God… • ADOPTIONISM n. the doctrine that Christ, as man, is the adopted son of God, also ADOPTIANISM. |
| ANACHRONISM | • anachronism n. A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. • anachronism n. A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time. • anachronism n. The aberrant projection of the present onto the past. |
| CREATIONISM | • creationism n. (Theology) The Abrahamic doctrine that each individual human soul is created by God, as opposed to traducianism. • creationism n. Any creationary belief, especially a belief that the origin of things is due to an event or process… • creationism n. The belief that a deity created the world, especially as described in a particular religious text, such… |
| DIACHRONISM | • DIACHRONISM n. the study of a subject, esp. a language, through its historical development. |
| DIVISIONISM | • divisionism n. (Art) The use of small areas of color to construct an image. • divisionism n. Support for division of a territory, etc. • DIVISIONISM n. pointillism. |
| EUDAEMONISM | • eudaemonism n. A philosophical notion, or system of ethics, which measures happiness in relation to morality. • EUDAEMONISM n. the theory that the highest ethical goal is happiness and personal wellbeing, also EUDAIMONISM, EUDEMONISM. |
| EUDAIMONISM | • eudaimonism n. Alternative spelling of eudaemonism. • EUDAIMONISM n. the theory that the highest ethical goal is happiness and personal wellbeing, also EUDAEMONISM, EUDEMONISM. |
| HISTRIONISM | • histrionism n. Histrionic behaviour. • HISTRIONISM n. acting, theatricality, also HISTRIONICISM. |
| ILLUSIONISM | • illusionism n. The performance of magic tricks. • illusionism n. The theory of dealing with illusions. • illusionism n. The doctrine that the material world is an illusion. |
| INFUSIONISM | • infusionism n. The doctrine that the soul exists before the body and is infused into it at conception or birth. • INFUSIONISM n. the doctrine that at the birth of each individual a preexisting soul is implanted in his body. |
| ISOCHRONISM | • isochronism n. The state or quality of being isochronous. • ISOCHRONISM n. the property of having the same duration; recurring at equal intervals. |
| NONUNIONISM | • nonunionism n. Lack of unionism; absence of support for a union or trade union. • NONUNIONISM n. opposition to trade unionism. |
| PROCHRONISM | • prochronism n. An error in chronological order in which something is ascribed an earlier time than the actual one. • PROCHRONISM n. assigning a date to an event earlier than actual. |
| PROTAGONISM | • protagonism n. The quality of being a protagonist. • PROTAGONISM n. the state of being a protagonist. |
| REACTIONISM | • reactionism n. (Politics) Synonym of reactionaryism. • REACTIONISM n. the state of being a reactionist. |
| RELATIONISM | • relationism n. (Philosophy) The doctrine that relations between things have a real existence. • relationism n. (Philosophy) Karl Mannheim’s idea, proposed as a response to relativism, that the recognition of different… • RELATIONISM n. the doctrine that relations have an objective existence; the doctrine of relativity of knowledge. |
| RELIGIONISM | • religionism n. Excessive religious ardour or zeal. • religionism n. Extreme piety. • religionism n. Discrimination or prejudice on the basis of religion or religious beliefs. |
| REVISIONISM | • revisionism n. (Historiography) The advocacy of a revision of some accepted theory, doctrine or a view of historical events. • revisionism n. (Marxism, derogatory) An evolutionary form of Marxism, abandoning some of its original principles. • REVISIONISM n. a movement in revolutionary Marxian socialism favoring an evolutionary rather than a revolutionary spirit. |
| SYNCHRONISM | • synchronism n. The state of being synchronous. • synchronism n. A temporal relationship between events. • synchronism n. The tabular arrangement of contemporary events etc. in history. |