Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moralistic therapeutic deism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables: moral-is-tic ther-a-peu-tic deism
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

6

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A diffuse and nonspecific conception of theism and morality, not necessarily anchored in any established religious doctrine, identified as prevalent among American adolescents in the early twenty-first century.

Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of moralistic therapeutic deism.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"'Moralistic Therapeutic Deism' indicates the young people's view is that religion is 'good for you' in so far as it provides people with a moral framework (Sara Savage, Sylvia Collins-Mayo, Making sense of Generation Y: the world view of 15- to 25-year-olds, 2006, p. 50)"

Etymology

First use appears c. 2005. Coined by Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton in Soul Searching: the Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

MTD

Questions

What does moralistic therapeutic deism mean?: A diffuse and nonspecific conception of theism and morality, not necessarily anchored in any established religious doctrine, identified as prevalent among American adolescents in the early twenty-first century.
Where does moralistic therapeutic deism come from?: First use appears c. 2005. Coined by Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton in Soul Searching: the Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers.

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