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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 Genesis
Familiarity information: CREATIONISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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