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xenotheology

xenotheology noun: the study of alien religion.

Noun

xenotheology (uncountable)

  1. The study of alien religion.
    • ... had added a number of generalists, who had done research in such fields as religious history, xenotheology, deconstruction of scriptures, the anatomy and chemistry of revelation, and the social and economic consequences of prophecy.2011, Sheri S. Tepper, Raising The Stones
    • The few she'd spoken with so far had proved to be not only more intelligent than herself but also wiser. Of course, it was possible that it was an illusion: one of the first lessons she had learnt in her undergraduate xenotheology courses back at ...2015, John Grant, The Hundredfold Problem

Origin of xenotheology

From xeno- + theology.

Questions about xenotheology

What does xenotheology mean?
Xenotheology means the study of alien religion.
What part of speech is xenotheology?
Xenotheology is a noun.

Words near xenotheology in the dictionary

  1. xenotech
  2. xenotechnologies
  3. xenotechnology
  4. xenotetrapeptide
  5. xenotetrapeptides
  6. xenotheology
  7. xenotic
  8. xenotime
  9. xenotimes
  10. xenotine
  11. xenotite

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