indifferentism
Americannoun
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systematic indifference.
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the principle or opinion that differences of religious belief are essentially unimportant.
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Philosophy. the doctrine that each entity is essentially unique and at the same time essentially the same as all other entities of its kind.
noun
Other Word Forms
- indifferentist noun
Etymology
Origin of indifferentism
From the French word indiff érentisme, dating back to 1820–30. See indifferent, -ism
Example Sentences
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His intellectual indifferentism to all that constitutes the solace and bravery of our daily experience is almost pathological.
From Unicorns by Huneker, James
In the slack times of peace he discovered no outlet for the grim within him—his fire could never be lighted by love, therefore he drifted in the waters of indifferentism.
From Tatterdemalion by Galsworthy, John
It is the enlargement of religious sympathy; not, as some may think, the progress of critical indifferentism.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe
His indifferentism was to a certain extent the result of his pantheistic views.
From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich
It advocated a union of the Lutherans and the Reformed based on indifferentism, and a surrender in all important doctrinal points to Calvinism, the Lutherans merely retaining their name.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)
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