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theodicity

theodicity is the alternative form of theodicy.

Meaning of theodicy

Noun

theodicy (plural theodicies)

  1. A justification of a deity or of particular attributes of a deity; specifically, a justification of the existence of evil and suffering in the world; a work or discourse justifying the ways of God.
    • 2000 [Kluwer Academic], Charles Seymour, A Theodicy of Hell, 2010, Springer, Softcover reprint, page 195,
      In general, my theodicy of hell is more congenial to those denominations with less rigidly defined doctrinal systems.
      Does this mean I have allowed theodicy to encroach on theology, contrary to...

Forms of theodicity

pluraltheodicities

Questions about theodicity

What is theodicity the alternative form of?
Theodicity is the alternative form of theodicy.

Words near theodicity in the dictionary

  1. theodician
  2. theodicies
  3. theodicist
  4. theodicists
  5. theodicities
  6. theodicity
  7. theodicy
  8. theodidact
  9. Theodism
  10. theodiversity
  11. theodolite

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