Jansenism
noun
the doctrinal system of Cornelis Jansen and his followers, denying free will and maintaining that human nature is corrupt and that Christ died for the elect and not for all humanity.
Jansenist
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a word derived from
Jansenism.
Example Sentences
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Like most fervent Euroskeptics, he also has a Jansenist clarity.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 10, 2018
So did Jansenist Catholics, who adhered to a puritanical view of man's depravity.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was also in zero and the infinite that Pascal, the devout Jansenist, sought to prove God’s existence.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Perhaps it was the old Jansenist antiscience creed that was building up in him, but for whatever the reason, Pascal’s newfound devotion led him to abandon mathematics and science altogether.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
To grasp this point one only has to think of Pascal and Newton, the first a Jansenist and the second an Arian.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
