单词 | acosmic |
释义 | acosmicadj. Chiefly Philosophy and Theology. Not of the universe or cosmos; of, relating to, or characterized by acosmism (acosmism n.). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > doctrine concerning God or a god > [adjective] > acosmistic acosmical1843 acosmistic1854 acosmic1857 1857 W. W. Harvey Libros Quinque adversus Haereses I. p. xlix The substantial eternity of matter, its acosmic corporeity. 1885 Overland Monthly Dec. 655 Natural science..would bring us to acosmic pantheism. 1904 G. S. Hall Adolescence II. xvi. 537 Some..despair of building up again the world they have lost out of its acosmic elements. 1937 A. Huxley Ends & Means xiv. 284 Pantheism in either its pancosmic or acosmic form. 1999 P. S. Alexander in W. Horbury et al. Cambr. Hist. Judaism (2001) III. xxxii. 1066 Gnosticism is marked by a profound acosmic pessimism: it breathes a deep sense of alienation from the world and revolt against its gods. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1857 |
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