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CREATIONISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does creationism mean? 

CREATIONISM (noun)
  The noun CREATIONISM has 1 sense:

1. the literal belief in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesisplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CREATIONISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The literal belief in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

creationism denies the theory of evolution of species

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

doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "creationism"):

creation science (an effort to give scientific support for the truth of the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis)


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