ARMINIANISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arminianism mean? 

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

1. 17th century theology (named after its founder Jacobus Arminius) that opposes the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin and holds that human free will is compatible with God's sovereignty

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARMINIANISM (noun)

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Meaning:

17th century theology (named after its founder Jacobus Arminius) that opposes the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin and holds that human free will is compatible with God's sovereignty

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

Protestantism (the theological system of any of the churches of western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation)

Derivation:

Arminian (of or relating to Arminianism)