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indifferentism

[ in-dif-er-uhn-tiz-uhm, -dif-ruhn- ]

noun

  1. systematic indifference.
  2. the principle or opinion that differences of religious belief are essentially unimportant.
  3. Philosophy. the doctrine that each entity is essentially unique and at the same time essentially the same as all other entities of its kind.


indifferentism

/ ɪnˈdɪfrənˌtɪzəm; -fərən- /

noun

  1. systematic indifference, esp in matters of religion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ¾±²Ôˈ»å¾±´Ú´Ú±ð°ù±ð²Ô³Ù¾±²õ³Ù, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of indifferentism1

From the French word ¾±²Ô»å¾±´Ú´Ú ér±ð²Ô³Ù¾±²õ³¾±ð, dating back to 1820–30. See indifferent, -ism
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Example Sentences

Today’s Western nationalists argue, also plausibly, that many European distinctives are unlikely to survive if nation-states are weak, mass immigration constant, Christianity and Judaism replaced by indifferentism and Islam, and young elites educated as global citizens without knowing their own home.

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The church’s message, though, is one of mercy, not moral indifferentism.

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And what is more, this indifferentism is by no means confined to the “wicked city†but prevails throughout the country in small towns and villages as well as in large cities—except possibly in a few localities where “revivals†have recently stirred the people.

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This “indifferentism,†Baker argued, was killing religion in America.

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Pipers, colonialist debauchery, industrial age indifferentism—thank goodness, religionists might be forgiven for thinking, they didn’t have the internet!

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