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Sadducism

Sadducism is the alternative form of Sadduceeism.

Meaning of Sadduceeism

Noun

Sadduceeism (usually uncountable, plural Sadduceeisms)

  1. (usually) The practices, beliefs, or characteristics of the Sadducees.
  2. (archaic, usually) Perceived skepticism regarding the supernatural or divine, especially angels, resurrection and witches; moderate atheism.
    • That though Philosophical Discourses to justifie the common belief about Witches, are nothing at all to them, or those of their measure; yet they are too seasonable and necessary for our Age, in which Atheism is begun in Sadducism; And those that dare not bluntly say, There is NO GOD, content...1681, Joseph Glanvill, “Preface”, in Saducismus Triumphatus, page ii

Forms of Sadducism

pluralSadducisms

Questions about Sadducism

What is Sadducism the alternative form of?
Sadducism is the alternative form of Sadduceeism.

Words near Sadducism in the dictionary

  1. Sadduceean
  2. Sadduceeic
  3. Sadduceeism
  4. Sadduceeisms
  5. Sadducees
  6. Sadducism
  7. Sadducisms
  8. Sadducize
  9. Sadducæan
  10. sade
  11. Sadean

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Sadducism (page history and authors); Sadduceeism (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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