noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley in 18th-century England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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2
noun
Meaning 2
Any of several related movements.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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3
noun
Meaning 3
The practice of adhering (often excessively) to methods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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4
noun
Meaning 4
the religious beliefs and practices of Methodists characterized by concern with social welfare and public morals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Protestantism
History
Etymology
From method + -ism. Fellow students at the University of Oxford called Wesley and his followers "methodists" because they lived and practiced their faith methodically; Wesley adopted the designation.
From method + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Asturian:
metodismu
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Basque:
metodismo
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Belarusian:
метады́зм
(mjetadýzm)
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Bulgarian:
методизъм
(metodizǎm)
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Catalan:
metodisme
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Chinese Mandarin:
循道宗
(Xúndàozōng)
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Chinese Mandarin:
衛理宗 /卫理宗
(Wèilǐzōng)
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Czech:
metodismus
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Danish:
metodisme
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Dutch:
methodisme
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Esperanto:
metodismo
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Estonian:
metodism
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Finnish:
metodismi
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
French:
méthodisme
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Galician:
metodismo
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
German:
Methodismus
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Greek:
μεθοδισμός
(methodismós)
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Hungarian:
metodizmus
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Italian:
metodismo
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Japanese:
メソジズム
(mesojizumu)
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Korean:
감리교
(gamnigyo)
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Latvian:
metodisms
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Lithuanian:
metodi̇̀zmas
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Macedonian:
методизам
(metodizam)
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Norwegian Bokmål:
metodisme
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Norwegian Nynorsk:
metodisme
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Polish:
metodyzm
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Portuguese:
metodismo
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Romanian:
metodism
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Russian:
методи́зм
(metodízm)
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Serbo-Croatian:
методизам
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Serbo-Croatian:
metodizam
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Slovak:
metodizmus
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Slovene:
metodizem
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Spanish:
metodismo
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Swedish:
metodism
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Ukrainian:
методи́зм
(metodýzm)
— Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley