revelationismn.
/ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃəˌnɪz(ə)m/ Belief in divine revelation; the belief that knowledge of God comes only from revelation (cf. revealed religion n. at revealed adj. Compounds).
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun]
discoveringa1375
nakeninga1382
bewrayingc1386
detection1471
discoverture?1473
revelationc1485
disclosinga1513
disclosurea1525
disclose1548
overture1548
patefaction1553
displaying1556
discovery1567
unripping1568
revealment1576
discoverment1578
retection1581
unmaskinga1586
unclasping?1592
denudation1593
untrussing1597
uncovering1598
detecting1604
divulging1604
divulgation1610
unvizardinga1628
exposinga1631
divulgement1632
unbowellinga1639
unfolding1646
revealinga1649
unrolling1648
pre-discovery1653
discoverance1664
unshelling1670
development1760
unveilinga1774
disclosal1786
displayment1801
divulgence1851
revelationism1854
unbosoming1910
uncovery1963
1854 Brit. Millennial Harbinger Aug. 467 The acceptance of this necromantic Revelationism will not interfere with a genuine faith in the Bible.
1897 M. W. Wiseman Dynamics Relig. iv. 109 There crop up in Herbert's works germs of all the rational arguments against revelationism.
1917 C. M. Walsh Climax Civilisation vi. 101 Christianity, indeed, mixed oriental revelationism with occidental rationalism.
1949 E. L. Mascall Existence & Analogy vii. 175 The theistic issue is..immediately raised..by a..discussion of..the extreme ‘revelationism’ of Kierkegaard, Barth, Brunner and their disciples, and the Thomist analogia entis.
1996 Alif No. 16. 173 Revelationism cannot be simply regarded as an ‘irrational’ adventure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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