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creationism

[ kree-ey-shuh-niz-uhm ]

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, especially in the first chapter of Genesis.
  3. the doctrine that God immediately creates out of nothing a new human soul for each individual born.


creationism

/ kriːˈeɪʃəˌnɪzəm /

noun

  1. the belief that God brings individual human souls into existence at conception or birth Compare traducianism
  2. the doctrine that ascribes the origins of all things to God's acts of creation rather than to evolution
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


creationism

  1. 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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Derived Forms

  • creˈationist, noun
  • creˌationˈistic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • cre·ation·ist noun adjective
  • cre·ation·istic adjective
  • anti·cre·ation·ism noun
  • anti·cre·ation·ist noun adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of creationism1

First recorded in 1840–50; creation + -ism
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Example Sentences

This section is permissive and does not require a teacher to teach creationism as a theory of the earth came to exist.

It was called “Bringing Creationism Into Public School Classrooms.”

I think we scientists sometimes make that mistake, when we’re dealing with claims we don’t agree with, like creationism.

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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