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Calvinist

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈkælvənɪst/
  • /ˈkælvɪnɪst/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AE1 L V AH0 N AH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: K AE1 L V IH0 N IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A follower of Calvinism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or characteristic of Calvinism or its adherents

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Calvinistic, Calvinistical

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

an adherent of the theological doctrines of John Calvin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Genevan

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: necessitarian

Narrower terms: Huguenot

History

Etymology

From Calvin + -ist. Piecewise doublet of chauvinist, as both terms come from different forms of the same name.

Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կալվինական (kalvinakan) — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Belarusian: кальвіні́сцкі (kalʹviníscki) — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Catalan: calvinista — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Dutch: calvinistisch — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Esperanto: kalvinisma — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Esperanto: kalvinista — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Esperanto: kalvinistina — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Esperanto: kalvinana — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Esperanto: kalvinanina — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • French: calviniste — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • German: calvinistisch — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • German: kalvinistisch — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Hungarian: református — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Hungarian: kálvinista — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Icelandic: kalvínskur — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Italian: calvinista — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Italian: calvinistico — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Italian: calvinistica — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Polish: kalwiński — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Polish: kalwinistyczny — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Portuguese: calvinista — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Russian: кальвини́стский (kalʹvinístskij) — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Spanish: calvinista — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Ukrainian: кальвіні́стський (kalʹvinístsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Volapük: kalvenik — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Volapük: kalvenanik — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Volapük: hikalvenanik — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Volapük: jikalvenanik — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Welsh: Calfinaidd — of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists
  • Arabic: كالفيني — follower
  • Armenian: կալվինական (kalvinakan) — follower
  • Belarusian: кальвіні́ст (kalʹviníst) — follower
  • Belarusian: кальвіні́стка (kalʹvinístka) — follower
  • Catalan: calvinista — follower
  • Danish: calvinist — follower
  • Dutch: calvinist — follower
  • Esperanto: kalvinisto — follower
  • Esperanto: kalvinistino — follower
  • Esperanto: kalvinano — follower
  • Esperanto: kalvinanino — follower
  • Estonian: kalvinist — follower
  • Finnish: kalvinisti — follower
  • French: calviniste — follower
  • German: Calvinist — follower
  • German: Kalvinist — follower
  • German: Calvinistin — follower
  • German: Kalvinistin — follower
  • Greek: καλβινιστής (kalvinistís) — follower
  • Hungarian: református — follower
  • Icelandic: Kalvínstrúarmaður — follower
  • Italian: calvinista — follower
  • Japanese: カルヴァン主義者 (Karuvan shugisha) — follower
  • Macedonian: калвини́ст (kalviníst) — follower
  • Macedonian: калвини́стка (kalvinístka) — follower
  • Polish: kalwinista — follower
  • Polish: kalwinistka — follower
  • Portuguese: calvinista — follower
  • Romanian: calvinist — follower
  • Romanian: calvinistă — follower
  • Russian: кальвини́ст (kalʹviníst) — follower
  • Russian: кальвини́стка (kalʹvinístka) — follower
  • Spanish: calvinista — follower
  • Swedish: kalvinist — follower
  • Ukrainian: кальвіні́ст (kalʹviníst) — follower
  • Ukrainian: кальвіні́стка (kalʹvinístka) — follower
  • Volapük: kalvenan — follower
  • Volapük: hikalvenan — follower
  • Volapük: jikalvenan — follower
  • Welsh: Calfiniad — follower
  • Welsh: Calfinydd — follower