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creationism

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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  • /kɹiˈeɪʃənɪzəm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The Abrahamic doctrine that each individual human soul is created by God, as opposed to traducianism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any creationary belief, especially a belief that the origin of things is due to an event or process of creation brought about by the deliberate act of any divine agency, such as a Creator God.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The belief that a deity created the world, especially as described in a particular religious text, such as the Quran or the Book of Genesis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the literal belief in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • creationism denies the theory of evolution of species

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism

Narrower terms: creation science

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-der. Latin creō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin creātiōnemlbor. Old French creacionbor. Middle English creacion English creation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English creationism From creation + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kreasionisme — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Afrikaans: skeppingsleer — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܪܝܼܬܵܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (brītānāyutā) — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Armenian: կրեացիոնիզմ (kreacʻionizm) — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Azerbaijani: kreatsionizm — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Basque: kreazionismo — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Belarusian: крэацыяні́зм (kreacyjanízm) — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Bulgarian: креациони́зъм (kreacionízǎm) — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Catalan: creacionisme — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 神創論 /神创论 (shénchuànglùn) — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 創造論 /创造论 (chuàngzàolùn) — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Czech: kreacionismus — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Czech: kreacionalismus — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Dutch: creationisme — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Dutch: scheppingsleer — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Esperanto: kreismo — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Esperanto: kreacio — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Estonian: kreatsionism — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Finnish: kreationismi — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Finnish: luomisusko — any creationary theory or belief system
  • French: créationnisme — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Galician: creacionismo — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Georgian: კრეაციონიზმი (ḳreacionizmi) — any creationary theory or belief system
  • German: Kreationismus — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Greek: δημιουργισμός (dimiourgismós) — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Hebrew: בְּרִיאָתָנוּת (b'ri'atánut) — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Hindi: सृजनवाद (sŕjanvād) — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Hindi: सृष्टिवाद (sŕṣṭivād) — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Hungarian: kreacionizmus — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Indonesian: kreasionisme — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Italian: creazionismo — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Japanese: 創造論 (sōzōron) — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Latin: demiurgismus — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Latin: creationismus — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Limburgish: creationisme — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Lithuanian: kreacionizmas — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Luxembourgish: Kreationismus — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Macedonian: креациони́зам (kreacionízam) — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kreasjonisme — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kreasjonisme — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Polish: kreacjonizm — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Portuguese: criacionismo — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Romanian: creaționism — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Russian: креациони́зм (kreacionízm) — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Serbo-Croatian: kreacionizam — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Spanish: creacionismo — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Swedish: kreationism — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Tagalog: kreasyonismo — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Turkish: yaratılışçılık — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Ukrainian: креаціоні́зм (kreacionízm) — any creationary theory or belief system
  • Waray-Waray: kreasyonismo — any creationary theory or belief system
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