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methodism

methodism noun: the practice of adhering (often excessively) to methods.

Noun (1)

methodism (uncountable)

  1. The practice of adhering (often excessively) to methods.
    • Descartes's methodism with its regulative criterion leads him to explicitly deny that accidentally true belief qualifies as knowledge.1999, Matthew C. Bagger, Religious Experience, Justification, and History, →ISBN, page 62

Noun (2) capitalized: Methodism

Methodism (usually uncountable, plural Methodisms)

  1. (usually) The Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley in 18th-century England.
    • Far more Yankees shifted to Methodism, an eighteenth-century splinter from the Anglican Church with an emphasis on effecting social change[.]2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 15, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN
  2. (usually) Any of several related movements.

methodism meaning in Bengali

methodism in Bengali

মেথডিস্ট খ্রিস্টান আন্দোলন

Forms of methodism

pluralMethodisms

Origin of methodism

From method + -ism.

From method + -ism. Fellow students at the University of Oxford called Wesley and his followers "methodists" because they lived and practiced their faith methodically; Wesley adopted the designation.

Questions about methodism

What does methodism mean?
Methodism means the practice of adhering (often excessively) to methods.
What is methodism in Bengali?
Methodism in Bengali is মেথডিস্ট খ্রিস্টান আন্দোলন. See Methodism meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is methodism?
Methodism is a noun.
What is the plural of methodism?
The plural of methodism is Methodisms.

Words near methodism in the dictionary

  1. methodiser
  2. methodises
  3. Methodish
  4. Methodishes
  5. methodising
  6. methodism
  7. Methodisms
  8. methodist
  9. Methodist Church
  10. methodistic
  11. methodistical

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