Thomism

American  

[toh-miz-uhm] / ˈtoʊ mɪz əm /

noun

1. the theological and philosophical system of Thomas Aquinas.

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Thomism British  

/ ˈtəʊmɪzəm /

noun

1. the comprehensive system of philosophy and theology developed by Saint Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century, and since taught and maintained by his followers, esp in the Dominican order

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Thomism Cultural  

1. The philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, or other philosophies inspired by his. Thomism underwent a revival starting in the middle of the nineteenth century.

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Other Word Forms

• Thomist
  noun
• Thomistic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Thomism

Thom(as Aquinas) + -ism

Example Sentences

We’ll leave Thomism to the theologians, but subsidiarity is a concept that the left would do well to consider.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2016

Philosophy professors complain that the school insists upon a narrow, dogmatic approach to Thomism, using Aquinas only to criticize other thinkers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Brilliant Neo-Thomists like the French philosophers Jacques Maritain and Etienne Gilson had given Thomism a modern relevance.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even before the Second Vatican Council, some progressive Catholic theologians were abandoning the kind of worshipful Thomism Tracy describes.

From Time Magazine Archive

I mean the revival of Thomism so earnestly promoted in the academies of the Roman Church by Pope Leo XIII.

From Recent Developments in European Thought by Various