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connectionalism

connectionalism is the alternative form of connexionalism.

Meaning of connexionalism

Noun

connexionalism (uncountable)

  1. The theological understanding and foundation of Methodist polity, as practised in the British Methodist Church, the American United Methodist Church, and many of the countries where Methodism was established by their missionaries.
    • Can it be said that here is an application of Methodism's concept of connexionalism to the embodiment of koinonia? That no indications in the dialogue point overtly in this direction does not rule out the possibility of it being in the Methodist mind and heart.2008, Lorelei F. Fuchs, Koinonia and the Quest for an Ecumenical Ecclesiology

Origin of connectionalism

From connectional + -ism.

Questions about connectionalism

What is connectionalism the alternative form of?
Connectionalism is the alternative form of connexionalism.

Words near connectionalism in the dictionary

  1. connectins
  2. connection
  3. connection string
  4. connection strings
  5. connectional
  6. connectionalism
  7. connectionalist
  8. connectionalists
  9. connectionally
  10. connectionism
  11. connectionist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: connectionalism (page history and authors); connexionalism (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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