creationism

noun

cre·​a·​tion·​ism krē-ˈā-shə-ˌni-zəm 

: a doctrine or theory holding that matter, the various forms of life, and the world were created by God out of nothing and usually in the way described in Genesis

Once again, science and religion collided last week. This time the battleground was the U.S. Supreme Court, where the Justices decreed that a Louisiana law requiring that creationism be taught along with evolution in the public schools was unconstitutional.

—Alain L. Sanders

creationist

krē-ˈā-shə-nist 

noun or adjective

Examples of creationism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

What if, as Sotomayor asked, a school wants to teach creationism, not evolution? —Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 5 May 2025

The court would also be putting itself in a position to judge future cases about whether charter schools could exclude gay teachers or teach creationism rather than evolution, Garre said. —Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 May 2025

This is the economic equivalent of what creationism is to biology or what ending vaccines is to medicine. —ABC News, 6 Apr. 2025

This is to economics what creationism is to biology, astrology is to astronomy, or RFK thought is to vaccine science. —Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 4 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

creation + -ism

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing creationism

• scientific creationism

Rhymes for creationism

• activism
• ageism
• albinism
• altruism
• aneurism
• animism
• aphorism
• atomism
• barbarism
• bolshevism
• botulism
• brahmanism