| 释义 |
minimifidian, a. and n.|ˌmɪnɪmɪˈfɪdɪən|
[f. L. minim-us least + fid-ēs faith + -ian.]
a. adj. Reducing faith to a minimum.
b. n. One who has the least possible faith in something. Hence minimiˈfidianism.
1825Coleridge Aids Refl. (1848) I. 164 Again, there is a scheme constructed on the principle of retaining the social sympathies, that attend on the name of believer, at the least possible expenditure of belief... And this extreme I call Minimi-fidianism. Ibid. 295 The Minimi-fidian party err grievously in the latter point. 1882Spectator 2 Dec. 1547 Lady Bloomfield's ‘supernatural’ stories..are not of a kind to challenge the scrutiny of a minimifidian in pneumatology. |