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antitheology

antitheology noun: a belief system that runs counter to theology.

Noun

antitheology (plural antitheologies)

  1. A belief system that runs counter to theology.
    • In contrast to the speculative tradition, a theology of truth that is lived and living here presents itself as an antitheology, one that attempts to move beyond the intellectual conception.1995, David Patterson, Exile: The Sense of Alienation in Modern Russian Letters, page 76
    • the explicit antitheology of Derridean thought1996, Steven Kepnes, Interpreting Judaism in a Postmodern Age, page 34

Forms of antitheology

pluralantitheologies

Origin of antitheology

From anti- + theology.

Questions about antitheology

What does antitheology mean?
Antitheology means a belief system that runs counter to theology.
What part of speech is antitheology?
Antitheology is a noun.
What is the plural of antitheology?
The plural of antitheology is antitheologies.

Words near antitheology in the dictionary

  1. antitheists
  2. antithenar
  3. antitheocratic
  4. antitheological
  5. antitheologies
  6. antitheology
  7. antitheorem
  8. antitheorems
  9. antitheoretical
  10. antitherapeutic
  11. antitherapy

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