terminismn.

Brit.

/ˈtəːmᵻnɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈtərməˌnɪz(ə)m/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin terminus , -ism suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin terminus end, limit, in post-classical Latin also word, expression (see terminus n. and compare term n.) + -ism suffix. In sense 1 probably after post-classical Latin terminismus (1702 or earlier) or German Terminismus (1706 or earlier), both ultimately after post-classical Latin terminus gratiae the limit after which an individual can no longer achieve salvation, lit. ‘limit of grace’ (1659 or earlier). Compare earlier terminist n.

1. Theology. A doctrine, upheld by certain Lutheran theologians from the late 17th cent., according to which God has ordained a definite period or term in the earthly life of each individual, at the end of which he or she loses the opportunity to achieve salvation. Now rare.Terminism was defended by the German theologians Johann Georg Böse (1662–1700) and Adam Rechenberg (1642–1721) and widely accepted in Pietist circles, but it met with fierce opposition from orthodox Lutherans.

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terminism1884

1832 Encycl. Americana XII. 197/2 In theology, terminism is the doctrine that God has assigned to every one a term of repentance, during which his salvation must be worked out.

1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 2317 (heading) Terminism and the terministic controversy.

1912 E. B. Sanford Conc. Cycl. Relig. Knowl. 901/1 Terminism..is the belief that there is a terminus in each man's life, which only occurs once, after which he is no longer capable of receiving grace or pardon for his sins.

1930 T. Parsons tr. M. Weber Protestant Ethic ii. iv. 133 The so-called doctrine of Terminism..was generally (though unjustly) attributed to Pietism by its opponents.

2. Philosophy. A form of nominalism (nominalism n. 1) associated particularly with William of Ockham (1285–1349), according to which things belong to a given kind, not in virtue of their participating in the same universal (universal n. 2a), but because the same term or sign applies to them all. Cf. Ockhamism n.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > scholasticism > [noun] > nominalism

nominalism1830

terminism1878

1878 S. H. Hodgson Philos. of Refl. I. i. 66 Nominalism..in its later shape, in which it is opposed to Conceptualism and is then more properly to be called Terminism.

1912 C. A. Dubray Introd. Philos. 572 Ockham's terminism was in great favor during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

1968 W. Matson New Hist. of Philos. iv. 257 In Ockham's treatment this problem..is reduced to a problem about the uses of language, of the terms of discourse; hence Ockham's position on universals is called Terminism.

2008 J. C. McLelland Pluralism without Relativism iii. 59 Occam was replacing Scotus: the terminism and nominalism would culminate in John Gerson.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	terminism
释义	terminismn. Brit. /ˈtəːmᵻnɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈtərməˌnɪz(ə)m/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin terminus , -ism suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin terminus end, limit, in post-classical Latin also word, expression (see terminus n. and compare term n.) + -ism suffix. In sense 1 probably after post-classical Latin terminismus (1702 or earlier) or German Terminismus (1706 or earlier), both ultimately after post-classical Latin terminus gratiae the limit after which an individual can no longer achieve salvation, lit. ‘limit of grace’ (1659 or earlier). Compare earlier terminist n. 1. Theology. A doctrine, upheld by certain Lutheran theologians from the late 17th cent., according to which God has ordained a definite period or term in the earthly life of each individual, at the end of which he or she loses the opportunity to achieve salvation. Now rare.Terminism was defended by the German theologians Johann Georg Böse (1662–1700) and Adam Rechenberg (1642–1721) and widely accepted in Pietist circles, but it met with fierce opposition from orthodox Lutherans. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > doctrine of salvation > [noun] > terminism terminism1884 1832 Encycl. Americana XII. 197/2 In theology, terminism is the doctrine that God has assigned to every one a term of repentance, during which his salvation must be worked out. 1884 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. III. 2317 (heading) Terminism and the terministic controversy. 1912 E. B. Sanford Conc. Cycl. Relig. Knowl. 901/1 Terminism..is the belief that there is a terminus in each man's life, which only occurs once, after which he is no longer capable of receiving grace or pardon for his sins. 1930 T. Parsons tr. M. Weber Protestant Ethic ii. iv. 133 The so-called doctrine of Terminism..was generally (though unjustly) attributed to Pietism by its opponents. 2. Philosophy. A form of nominalism (nominalism n. 1) associated particularly with William of Ockham (1285–1349), according to which things belong to a given kind, not in virtue of their participating in the same universal (universal n. 2a), but because the same term or sign applies to them all. Cf. Ockhamism n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > scholasticism > [noun] > nominalism nominalism1830 terminism1878 1878 S. H. Hodgson Philos. of Refl. I. i. 66 Nominalism..in its later shape, in which it is opposed to Conceptualism and is then more properly to be called Terminism. 1912 C. A. Dubray Introd. Philos. 572 Ockham's terminism was in great favor during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. 1968 W. Matson New Hist. of Philos. iv. 257 In Ockham's treatment this problem..is reduced to a problem about the uses of language, of the terms of discourse; hence Ockham's position on universals is called Terminism. 2008 J. C. McLelland Pluralism without Relativism iii. 59 Occam was replacing Scotus: the terminism and nominalism would culminate in John Gerson. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832
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