单词 | christianism |
释义 | Christianismn. 1. The Christian religion; Christianity.Frequently contrasted with other nouns referring to religions, beliefs, or ways of life, such as Judaism, Heathenism, etc., (as for example in quots. 1554, 1590, and 1841). ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > [noun] gospelc950 the WayOE ChristendomOE crossc1325 the faithc1384 Christianitya1400 Christenhoodc1443 Christ's professionc1475 Christianism1554 Xtianity1634 Christism1842 1554 J. Standish Disc. Script. in Eng. iv. sig. D.iv Iudaisme and Christianisme could not be ioyned in one. 1590 J. Greenwood Answere Giffords Def. 35 The Church may professe Christianisme and Antichristianisme, both at a tyme. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης i. 11 Herein..the worst of Kings, professing Christianism, have..exceeded him. 1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature 352 Philosophers, who preceded Christianism. a1825 H. Fuseli Lect. xii, in J. Knowles Life & Writings H. Fuseli (1831) II. 46 Let no one..maintain that Christianism was inimical to the progress of Arts. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes i. 4 We inquire..What religion they had? Was it Heathenism,..was it Christianism..? 1949 Chaplain Nov. 42 Most non-Christian observers have retreated from the position that Christianism, the only way of life that insures happiness on Earth as well as in Heaven, is a hoax in blossom. 2012 Assam (India) Tribune (Nexis) 19 Sept. The spread of Christianism had been one of the factors to further loosen the tie of unity among the people of Assam. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > [noun] > false pseudo-Christianity1583 Christianism1674 1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 178 The Heathenish Christianism, and deceit of the Doctors. 1855 I. Taylor Restoration of Belief iii. 247 The easy, overweening, and egotistic Christianism of Christian people. 1875 Contemp. Rev. 26 987 Poor, thin, maundering—we were going to call it chlorotic Christianism. 1913 G. Chatterton-Hill Philos. of Nietzsche ii. i. 149 The moral law..which is nothing better than a diluted Christianism, a sort of hemiplegic Christianism. 3. Chiefly U.S. (usually depreciative). A movement which advocates greater influence of conservative Christian beliefs in politics and society; Christian fundamentalism. Cf. Christianist n. and adj. ΚΠ 2003 Human Events 10 Nov. 13/1 Many now define being a good liberal with being anti-American, since they have been taught that America is the world's locus of racism, sexism, imperialism, homophobia, right-wing Christianism. 2006 A. Sullivan Conservative Soul ii. 43 Islamism's much milder counterpart in America, Christian fundamentalism, or ‘Christianism’, has seen its most spectacular growth in response to modernizing trends. 2019 @XLProfessor 1 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 10 June 2019) We need to be talking more about this, the authoritarian Christianism of the Evangelical Right, very much akin to Islamism, up to and including terrorism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1554 |
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