ALL meanings of creationism
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C c - uncountable noun creationism Creationism is the belief that the account of the creation of the universe in the Bible is true, and that the theory of evolution is incorrect. 3
- noun creationism the belief that God brings individual human souls into existence at conception or birth 3
- noun creationism the doctrine that ascribes the origins of all things to God's acts of creation rather than to evolution 3
- noun creationism the doctrine that God creates a new soul for every human being born 3
- noun creationism the doctrine that ascribes the origin of matter, species, etc. to an act of creation by God, specif. to God's creation of the world as described in the Bible 3
- noun creationism the doctrine that matter and all things were created, substantially as they now exist, by an omnipotent Creator, and not gradually evolved or developed. 1
- noun creationism (sometimes initial capital letter) the doctrine that the true story of the creation of the universe is as it is recounted in the Bible, especially in the first chapter of Genesis. 1
- noun creationism the doctrine that God immediately creates out of nothing a new human soul for each individual born. 1
- noun Technical meaning of creationism The (false) belief that large, innovative software designs can be completely specified in advance and then painlessly magicked out of the void by the normal efforts of a team of normally talented programmers. In fact, experience has shown repeatedly that good designs arise only from evolutionary, exploratory interaction between one (or at most a small handful of) exceptionally able designer(s) and an active user population - and that the first try at a big new idea is always wrong. Unfortunately, because these truths don't fit the planning models beloved of management, they are generally ignored. 1
- noun creationism The belief that the universe and living organisms originate from specific acts of divine creation, as in the biblical account, rather than by natural processes such as evolution. 1
- noun creationism (theology) The Abrahamic doctrine that each individual human soul is created by God, as opposed to traducianism. 0
- noun creationism Any creationary belief, especially a belief that the origin of things is due to an event or process of creation brought about by the deliberate act of any divine agency, such as a Creator God (creator god). 0
- noun creationism The belief that a deity created the world, especially as described in a particular religious text, such as the Quran or the Book of Genesis. 0