Optimalism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The doctrine that this universe exists because it is better than the alternatives. uncountable

    "While optimalism does not exclude the possibility of a deity, it also doesn't require one, and is compatible with atheism."

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"While optimalism does not exclude the possibility of a deity, it also doesn't require one, and is compatible with atheism."

Etymology

From optimal + -ism.

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