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Yoism

Yoism proper noun: an "open-source religion"; a communal belief system based on rational inquiry, empiricism, and science, whose sense of authority emerges from the group via consensus.

Proper noun

Yoism

  1. An "open-source religion"; a communal belief system based on rational inquiry, empiricism, and science, whose sense of authority emerges from the group via consensus.

Origin of Yoism

Coined by its inventor, Daniel Kriegman, from yo + -ism.

Questions about Yoism

What does Yoism mean?
Yoism means an "open-source religion"; a communal belief system based on rational inquiry, empiricism, and science, whose sense of authority emerges from the group via consensus.
What part of speech is Yoism?
Yoism is a proper noun.

Words near Yoism in the dictionary

  1. yoinked
  2. yoinking
  3. yoinks
  4. Yoiremba
  5. YOIs
  6. Yoism
  7. yoit
  8. yoits
  9. Yojampa
  10. yojan
  11. yojana

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