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maltheism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
malthe-ism
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The belief that further to any deity's existence being rejected, the low evaluation of their properties would result in them not being worthy of worship.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Macaronic nonce coinage from mal-, from Latin malus (“bad”), + theism (compare misotheism and dystheism). Attested in Usenet discussions from 1985http://groups.google.com/groups/search?lr=&safe=off&num=10&q=maltheism&safe=off&qt_s=Search&as_drrb=b&as_mind=1&as_minm=1&as_miny=1981&as_maxd=4&as_maxm=10&as_maxy=1986

Usage

Derived Forms

maltheist maltheistic

Synonyms

dystheism misotheism

Questions

What does maltheism mean?
The belief that further to any deity's existence being rejected, the low evaluation of their properties would result in them not being worthy of worship.
Where does maltheism come from?
Macaronic nonce coinage from mal-, from Latin malus (“bad”), + theism (compare misotheism and dystheism). Attested in Usenet discussions from 1985http://groups.google.com/groups/search?lr=&safe=off&num=10&q=maltheism&safe=off&qt_s=Search&as_drrb=b&as_mind=1&as_minm=1&as_miny=1981&as_maxd=4&as_maxm=10&as_maxy=1986

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