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latitudinarianism

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The doctrine of a latitudinarian or of the latitudinarians; freedom or liberality of opinion in religion, philosophy, politics, etc.; laxity or indifference in regard to doctrines and forms.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A latitudinarian system or condition; freedom of opinion in matters pertaining to religious belief.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Tolerance of other people's views, particularly in religious context.
  • noun philosophy The latitudinarian position, that de re attitudes are merely a special case of de dicto attitudes

Etymologies

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latitudinarian +‎ -ism

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  • Woah! Listen to the pronunciations from top to bottom on loud volume and tell me if you don't jump out of your skin.

    Edit: Well I've sort of warned you about it now...

    December 4, 2009

  • Uselessness, you're one scary dude.

    December 5, 2009

  • The commune's nudist agrarianism

    The neighbors call lewd barbarianism.

    The counsel I give

    Is live and let live

    In tolerant latitudinarianism.

    October 1, 2016