anythingarianismn.
/ˌɛnᵻθɪŋˈ(ɡ)ɛːrɪənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌɛniˌθɪŋˈ(ɡ)ɛriəˌnɪzəm/ The fact or phenomenon of not holding any fixed or established beliefs; (also) the rejection of all fixed or established beliefs, regarded (often humorously) as a creed or philosophy. Cf. nothingarianism n. at nothingarian n. and adj. Derivatives.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > creed > [noun] > indifference to
adiaphorism1607
adiaphory1658
latitudinism1667
anythingarianism1797
indifferentism1827
1797 C. Nisbet Let. 31 Oct. in Bull. N.Y. Public Libr. 2 (1898) 285 Mr. Whitfield was a great Promoter of Anythingarianism in this Country, but he was not aware that he was advancing the Nothingarian Interest by his Preaching.
1821 Antijacobin Rev. & Protestant Advocate June 401 Between Calvinism and anythingarianism the residents on the banks of Cam are, we fear, divided.
1851 C. Kingsley in Lett. & Mem. (1877) I. 264 Schiller's ‘Gods of Greece’ expresses a tone of feeling..which finds its vent in modern Neo-Platonism—Anythingarianism.
1908 Catholic World Feb. 674 Victorian Anythingarianism, as set forth in a score of poems and novels of undoubted sincerity and unassailable literary repute.
2006 A. Errishi in J. Kultgen & M. Lenzi Probl. for Democracy iii. xiii. 217 Political realities do not allow for philosophical anythingarianism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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