nihilianism

noun

ni·​hil·​ian·​ism

nīˈhilyəˌnizəm

plural -s

: a doctrine that the human nature of Christ was nothing having true subsistence

Word History

Etymology

Latin nihil nothing + English -ianism (as in pelagianism)

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