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Methodism

noun

Definitions

Noun

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

From method + -ism.

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