Godwinismn.
/ˈɡɒdwᵻnɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈɡɑdwənˌɪz(ə)m/ The doctrines or ideas of William Godwin (see Godwinian n. and adj.).
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1797 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 306 I abominate Godwinism.
1825 Caledonian Mercury (Edinb.) 29 Dec. The man who can invent anything more..irreligious in its principles..than Godwinism, must be possessed of no ordinary capacity.
1892 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. (new ed.) III. 79 The Godwinism, indeed, is strongest in the crude poetry of ‘Queen Mab’.
1951 Ess. in Crit. 1 i. 28 The aftermath of Godwinism.
1998 Amer. Stud. 39 103 Subsequently, Wollstonecraftism and Godwinism became synonyms for depravity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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