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JANSENISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Roman Catholic doctrine of Cornelis Jansen and his disciples; salvation is limited to those who are subject to supernatural determinism and the rest are assigned to perdition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Jansenism" is a kind of...):
theological doctrine (the doctrine of a religious group)
Derivation:
Jansenist (an advocate of Jansenism)
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