| 单词 |
orthodoxism |
| 释义 |
orthodoxism|ˈɔːθədɒkˌsɪz(ə)m|
[-ism.]
†1. The quality of being orthodox; orthodoxy.
1644J. Goodwin Innoc. Triumph. (1645) 33 Mr. Prynne's judgement in questioning the Orthodoxisme, yea, the tolerablenesse of the premised Doctrine.
b. In derogatory sense: The treating orthodoxy of creed or doctrine as the important feature of religion; the making of orthodoxy one's special -ism.
1828Pusey Hist. Enq. 69 Enemies he had..from his undervaluing the mere intellectual orthodoxism of his day. 1854― Colleg. Teach. 53 ‘An orthodoxism, uninfluential on life’. I ventured to coin this word to designate a lifeless spurious claim to orthodoxy. 1882Farrar Early Chr. II. xxxvi. 500 There is too much reason to fear that to the end of time the conceit of orthodoxism will claim inspired authority for its own conclusions, even when they are most antichristian.
So ˈorthodoxist, one who professes or lays claim to a rigid orthodoxy.
1857Baden-Powell in Oxford Ess. 180 In these views of the High Orthodoxists. |
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