ARIANISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arianism mean? 

• ARIANISM (noun)
  The noun ARIANISM has 1 sense:

1. heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son

  Familiarity information: ARIANISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARIANISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Arianism" is a kind of...):

heresy; unorthodoxy (a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion)

theological doctrine (the doctrine of a religious group)

Antonym:

Athanasianism (the theological doctrine taught by Athanasius that Christ the Son is of the same substance as God the Father)

Derivation:

arianist (an adherent of Arianism (the belief that Jesus Christ was not truly God))