Mu'tazila

name, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The followers of this branch of Islam. historical, plural, plural-only
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A theological school in Islam that valued reason over hadith interpretation and who believed that the Qur'an was created. historical

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُعْتَزِلَة (muʕtazila).

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