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Christianism

//ˈkɹɪʃ.t͡ʃən.ɪzm̩// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The Christian religion. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    The Christian world. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A political ideology centered around Christian fundamentalism. US, countable, derogatory, uncountable

    "Christianism is an ideology, politics, an ism. The distinction between Christian and Christianist echoes the distinction we make between Muslim and Islamist. Muslims are those who follow Islam. Islamists are those who want to wield Islam as a political force and conflate state and mosque."

Etymology

From Latin christianismus; compare French christianisme, equivalent to Christian + -ism.

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