Godismn.

Brit.

/ˈɡɒdɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈɡɑˌdɪz(ə)m/

Forms: 1800s– Goddism, 1800s– Godism.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: god n., -ism suffix.

Etymology: < god n. + -ism suffix. Compare earlier theism n.¹ and atheism n. Compare also Godite n.

depreciative.

Belief in God.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > belief in God > [noun]

Godism1842

1842 Oracle of Reason 7 May 167/2 Atheism refers the ‘existence of the world’ to natural causes, goddism to super-natural.

1843 J. White Eng. & her Interests 19 It proceeds evidently upon a decided atheism; it sets at nought a God and Godism, in the mechanism and the government of the affairs of men.

1891 J. M. Robertson Mod. Humanists 18 Call his [sc. Carlyle's] creed ‘Godism’, and you limit the confusion of words by separately labelling his confusion of thought.

1909 Lit. Guide 1 Aug. 124/1 The Contemporary Review permits Mr. G. K. Chesterton to make faces over Meredith's grave, and claim him as a believer in godism.

1987 PMLA 102 767 Apartheid's mentality of the preordained rests..on what I can only describe as incidents in a testamentary Godism—I dare not call it Christianity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	godism
释义	Godismn. Brit. /ˈɡɒdɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈɡɑˌdɪz(ə)m/ Forms: 1800s– Goddism, 1800s– Godism. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: god n., -ism suffix. Etymology: < god n. + -ism suffix. Compare earlier theism n.¹ and atheism n. Compare also Godite n. depreciative. Belief in God. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > belief in God > [noun] Godism1842 1842 Oracle of Reason 7 May 167/2 Atheism refers the ‘existence of the world’ to natural causes, goddism to super-natural. 1843 J. White Eng. & her Interests 19 It proceeds evidently upon a decided atheism; it sets at nought a God and Godism, in the mechanism and the government of the affairs of men. 1891 J. M. Robertson Mod. Humanists 18 Call his [sc. Carlyle's] creed ‘Godism’, and you limit the confusion of words by separately labelling his confusion of thought. 1909 Lit. Guide 1 Aug. 124/1 The Contemporary Review permits Mr. G. K. Chesterton to make faces over Meredith's grave, and claim him as a believer in godism. 1987 PMLA 102 767 Apartheid's mentality of the preordained rests..on what I can only describe as incidents in a testamentary Godism—I dare not call it Christianity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842
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