anythingism

noun

anythingism

noun

Etymology From anything + -ism.

1

Rare A nonspecific belief in anything, or that anything goes.

  • Disbelief — active or passive — Deism, Atheism, Pantheism, anythingism […]1871, Eneas Sweetland Dallas, Once a week:
  • In these days of laxity, and anythingism in religion, even those of whom we might hope better things do not appear exercised, with the apostle Paul, to have always a conscience void of offence towards God and towards men.1880, The Gospel standard, or Feeble Christian's support:
1 more example
  • The feathers I wore were a borrowed invention I did not truly understand, like Buddhism, Taoism, Tantrism, anythingism […]1972, Albert Glover, The mushroom:

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