scientific creationism

noun Theology.

the belief that the account of creation in the early chapters of Genesis is scientifically as well as religiously valid and that it can be supported by scientific evidence apart from scriptural authority.

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Origin of scientific creationism

First recorded in 1980–85

OTHER WORDS FROM scientific creationism

scientific creationist, noun

Words nearby scientific creationism

scienter, scientia est potentia, sciential, scientific, scientific content analysis, scientific creationism, scientific empiricism, scientific method, scientific name, scientific notation, scientific socialism
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