Methodism
noun ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley in 18th-century England. uncountable, usually
"Far more Yankees shifted to Methodism, an eighteenth-century splinter from the Anglican Church with an emphasis on effecting social change[.]"
- 2 The practice of adhering (often excessively) to methods. uncountable
"Descartes's methodism with its regulative criterion leads him to explicitly deny that accidentally true belief qualifies as knowledge."
- 3 the religious beliefs and practices of Methodists characterized by concern with social welfare and public morals wordnet
- 4 Any of several related movements. uncountable, usually
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More examples"Far more Yankees shifted to Methodism, an eighteenth-century splinter from the Anglican Church with an emphasis on effecting social change[.]"
Etymology
From method + -ism. Fellow students at the University of Oxford called Wesley and his followers "methodists" because they lived and practiced their faith methodically; Wesley adopted the designation.
From method + -ism.
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