ZURVANISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zurvanism mean? 

• ZURVANISM (noun)
  The noun ZURVANISM has 2 senses:

1. a Zoroastrian sect that claims Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe

2. a heretical Zoroastrian doctrine holding that Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe and that both Ahura Mazda and Ahriman were Zurvan's offspring

  Familiarity information: ZURVANISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZURVANISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Zoroastrian sect that claims Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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

religious order; religious sect; sect (a subdivision of a larger religious group)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A heretical Zoroastrian doctrine holding that Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe and that both Ahura Mazda and Ahriman were Zurvan's offspring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

heresy; unorthodoxy (a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion)

theological doctrine (the doctrine of a religious group)