Christianism
Syllables: Christ·ian·i·sm/ˈkɹɪʃ.t͡ʃən.ɪzm̩/
Christianism noun: the Christian religion.
Noun
Christianism (countable and uncountable, plural Christianisms)
- The Christian religion.
- Synonyms:
- Christianity
- The Christian world.
- Synonyms:
- Christendom
- A political ideology centered around Christian fundamentalism.
- Christianism is an ideology, politics, an ism. The distinction between Christian and Christianist echoes the distinction we make between Muslim and Islamist. Muslims are those who follow Islam. Islamists are those who want to wield Islam as a political force and conflate state and mosque.2006 May 7, Andrew Sullivan, “My Problem with Chistianism”, in TIME
- At its extreme, as in the Christian identity movement, Christianism merges with white supremacy.2007, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism, page 31
Christianism meaning in Tamil
Christianism in Tamil
- கிறித்தவ மதம், கிறித்தவ உலகம், அடிப்படைவாதக் கிறித்தவம்
Examples of Christianism in a sentence
- Because I was always against any extremist ideology whether Islamism or Christianism or whatsoever.2015, Stefan Borg, European Integration and the Problem of the State, page 129:
- But there is no contradiction between the populist right’s Christianism and its secularism, since both derive from a preoccupation with Islam.2017 December 6, Rogers Brubaker, “The New Language of European Populism”, in brubaker.scholar.ss.ucla.edu, page 4:
- Christianism is characterised by overt, often extreme, anti-Islamism.2021, Jeffrey Haynes, Trump and the Politics of Neo-Nationalism:
- It’s what the social scientist Rogers Brubaker has called “Christianism”, in contrast with actual Christianity.2025 April 23, Jan-Werner Müller, “What did Pope Francis think of JD Vance? His view was more than clear”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Synonyms of Christianism
Forms of Christianism
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Origin of Christianism
From Latin chrīstiānismus; compare French christianisme, equivalent to Christian + -ism.
Questions about Christianism
- What does Christianism mean?
- Christianism means the Christian religion.
- What is Christianism in Tamil?
- Christianism in Tamil is கிறித்தவ மதம், கிறித்தவ உலகம், அடிப்படைவாதக் கிறித்தவம். See Christianism meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use Christianism in a sentence?
- Because I was always against any extremist ideology whether Islamism or Christianism or whatsoever.
- What part of speech is Christianism?
- Christianism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce Christianism?
- Christianism is pronounced /ˈkɹɪʃ.t͡ʃən.ɪzm̩/.
- What is the plural of Christianism?
- The plural of Christianism is Christianisms.
Words near Christianism in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Christianism (page history and authors); christianism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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