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单词 prophetism
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prophetismn.

Brit. /ˈprɒfɪtɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈprɑfəˌtɪz(ə)m/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prophet n., -ism suffix.
Etymology: < prophet n. + -ism suffix. Compare post-classical Latin prophetismum prophecy, prophetismus Islam (both 9th cent.).
1. The action, character, or practice of a prophet or prophets; prophecy. false prophetism: the practice or principles of a false prophet.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > prophecy > [noun]
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1701 T. Beverley Grand Apoc. Question Pref. sig. a4v To be waited for with Reverence; and not Reproach'd as False Prophetism.
1845 J. Kitto Cycl. Biblical Lit. II. at Theology The freer religious enthusiasm which..had prevailed in the nation in the form of Prophetism.
1861 A. McCaul Ess. Prophecy in W. Thomson Aids to Faith iii. 90 To have received a call and message direct from God, and to deliver it, constituted the essence of prophetism.
1893 T. H. Huxley Evol. & Ethics 109 Prophetism attained its apogee among the Semites of Palestine.
1930 W. R. Inge Christian Ethics & Mod. Problems i. 23 The method of teaching by parables or proverbs was the common form of prophetism.
1976 M. J. Lasky Utopia & Revol. (1977) ii. 45 Marx, whose apocalyptic character we have contrasted with prophetism, could curiously become in this reading a type of pure and true prophet.
1990 Oxf. Illustr. Hist. Christianity xiii. 477 Prophetism is generally more likely to exist among Zionists than among Ethiopians.
2003 E. H. Merrill Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi iv. ii. 289 The conceptual connections between that incident and the idolatry and false prophetism of Zech. 13:1–6 are quite apparent.
2. Philosophy. In the teaching of the 11th-cent. Persian philosopher Al-Ghazali: the fourth stage in intellectual development (the three preceding being sensation, understanding, and reason), in which a person is able to see things that lie beyond the perceptions of reason; prophetic revelation. rare.
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1843 D. Shea & A. Troyer Dabistan I. p. cxxxvii The works of the three most celebrated men, Alfarabi, Ibn Sina (Avisenna), and Ghazali,..contain three essential parts of orthodox dogmatism:..3. the science of prophetism, or ‘revealed theology’.
1857 G. H. Lewes Biogr. Hist. Philos. (rev. ed.) ii. 310 Algazzāli..contents himself with the assertion that whoso knows not Ecstasy knows prophetism only by name.
1940 J. A. Greenwood et al. Extra-sensory Perception after Sixty Years 5 In the eleventh century the Mohammedan Arab, Algazzali wrote: ‘And what is Prophetism? The fourth stage of intellectual development.’
1969 R. Mannheim tr. H. Corbin Creative Imagination in Sūfism Ibn 'Arabī i. 15 Does the prophetism essential to Islam call for a gnosis, because truth of the Book postulates a prophetic hermeneutics, or does it exclude gnosis?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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