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creationism

/kree-ey-shuh-niz-uhm/US // kriˈeɪ ʃəˌnɪz əm //UK // (kriːˈeɪʃəˌnɪzəm) //

创造论,创世论,创世主义,创世神论

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the doctrine that matter and all things were created, substantially as they now exist, by an omnipotent Creator, and not gradually evolved or developed.
    • : the doctrine that the true story of the creation of the universe is as it is recounted in the Bible, especially in the first chapter of Genesis.
    • : the doctrine that God immediately creates out of nothing a new human soul for each individual born.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • This section is permissive and does not require a teacher to teach creationism as a theory of the earth came to exist.

  • I think we scientists sometimes make that mistake, when we’re dealing with claims we don’t agree with, like creationism.

  • Forget all the arguments about evolution versus creationism and the natural versus the spiritual.

  • The basic debate between creationism and evolution remains in play decades later.

  • In July 1925, the town hosted the Scopes Monkey Trial, a landmark case in the history of creationism.

  • The Scopes Trial was a formative moment for modern creationism.

  • Human tails are a genetic accident—and a big problem for the faux-scientific creationism known as ‘intelligent design.’

  • As compared with the ex nihilo creationism of orthodox theology, this theory is as light is to darkness.

  • This metaphysical creationism had now to face physical evolutionism.