utraquism

utraquism noun: the combination of two methods or fields of study. Also the alternative letter-case form of Utraquism.

Noun (1)

utraquism (countable and uncountable, plural utraquisms)

The combination of two methods or fields of study.
- The utraquism of our gymnasia, which try to combine with traditional teaching of the ancient languages instruction in the modern sciences and the modern languages, cannot be permanently maintained.1887, Friedrich Paulsen, “The Concluding Chapter of Paulsen’s History of the Higher Education at the German Schools and Universities […] ”, in Samuel Thurber, transl., The Academy: A Journal of...
- But the principle of combining humanistic and realistic training, or as this principle has been called, utraquism, applies to all secondary schools.1918, Wilhelm Jerusalem, translated by Charles Finley Sanders, Problems of the Secondary Teacher, page 85
(specifically) A method that uses analogy to draw on insights from both objective natural science on the one hand, and subjective psychology and social science on the other.
- One of [Sándor Ferenczi's] most productive epistemological ideas is that of utraquism[…]Derived from the Latin utraque, meaning 'one and the other', utraquism is the work of establishing relationships of analogy between distinct elements that belong to distinct fields of knowledge and strata of...2018, Raluca Soreanu, Working-through Collective Wounds: Trauma, Denial, Recognition in the Brazilian Uprising, Palgrave Macmillan, page 37
(countable, rare) A term, phrase, or concept with multiple meanings.
- European thought and Indian thought tend to approach the problems of human existence from opposite directions. This affects word formations. And so double meanings (utraquisms, puns, and metaphors) and etymological links often follow quite different tracks[…]1956, Visuddhimagga, translated by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu, Path of Purification, page lii
- A “utraquism” which overlies Gulliver's Travels like a blanket is the theme of truth.[…]For [lying], as for any other human evil, the Houyhnhnms have no word, and the Master can understand lying only as “saying the Thing which is not” (a definition which serves as well for irony).1964, Joseph Horrell, “What Gulliver Knew”, in Ernst Tuveson, editor, Swift: A Collection of Critical Essays, page 69
Synonyms:

double entendre

Noun (2) capitalized: Utraquism

Utraquism (uncountable)

(historical) The moderate Hussite ideology that the faithful, specifically including laity, should receive Communion under both kinds (sub utraque specie), that is to say, receive both bread and wine during the Eucharist; moderate Hussitism.

Synonyms:

Calixtinism

Also used as

utraquism is also the alternative letter-case form of Utraquism.

Synonyms of utraquism

Forms of utraquism

plural	utraquisms
alternative form	utraquism

Origin of utraquism

From Latin utraque (“both”) + -ism.

From Latin utraque (“both”) (from their demanding the cup as well as the bread for the laity), + -ism.

Words formed from utraquism

Utraquist

Questions about utraquism

What does utraquism mean?: Utraquism means the combination of two methods or fields of study.
What part of speech is utraquism?: Utraquism is a noun.
What is the plural of utraquism?: The plural of utraquism is utraquisms.

Words near utraquism in the dictionary

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