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teapotism

teapotism noun: belief in the existence of Russell's teapot (an undetectable teapot orbiting between Earth and Mars).

Noun

teapotism (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Belief in the existence of Russell's teapot (an undetectable teapot orbiting between Earth and Mars).
    • Then we might have to talk about what it means to be 'foolish'. If believing in a teapot half-way between jupiter and mars is consolidating, fine with me, but if I have to fear for my life because of openly doubting about 'teapotism', then it starts to become foolish... not so?2007 December 10, jonasand..., “Re: Still at it?”, in talk.origins (Usenet), message-ID <1be88d5a-c545-4f6f-ba2c-b437659ad664@i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com>

Origin of teapotism

From teapot (from Russell's teapot) + -ism.

Questions about teapotism

What does teapotism mean?
Teapotism means belief in the existence of Russell's teapot (an undetectable teapot orbiting between Earth and Mars).
What part of speech is teapotism?
Teapotism is a noun.

Words near teapotism in the dictionary

  1. Teans
  2. teapot
  3. teapot effect
  4. teapotful
  5. teapotfuls
  6. teapotism
  7. teapotlike
  8. teapots
  9. teapotsful
  10. teapoy
  11. teapoys

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