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universism

universism noun: a movement advocating personal reason and experience and over faith and dogma.

Noun

universism (uncountable)

  1. a movement advocating personal reason and experience and over faith and dogma
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20061012073457/http://open-site.org/Society/Religion/Universism/
      Universism is a modern rational religious philosophy that began in 2003 with princples laid out by Ford Vox. Universists choose their beliefs according to the dictates of their own life experience and...
    • http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/u/universism.html
      Universism is a philosophy of The Universist Movement. Universism, though not a definitive philosophy, is a progressive, naturalistic worldview in which all meaning and purpose is understood through personal reason and experience; thus...

Origin of universism

From universe + -ism.

Questions about universism

What does universism mean?
Universism means a movement advocating personal reason and experience and over faith and dogma.
What part of speech is universism?
Universism is a noun.

Words near universism in the dictionary

  1. universes of discourse
  2. universewide
  3. univershitty
  4. Universiade
  5. Universiades
  6. universism
  7. universist
  8. universists
  9. universitarian
  10. universitarians
  11. universitary

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