Synonyms for pietism
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pahy-i-tiz-uhm |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpaɪ ɪˌtɪz əm |
Top 10 synonyms for pietism
Définition of pietism
Origin :- also Pietism, 1690s, from German Pietismus, originally applied in derision to the movement to revive personal piety in the Lutheran Church, begun in Frankfurt c.1670 by Philipp Jakob Spener (1635-1705). See piety + -ism.
- noun devotion
- Those of us who have no form of pietism feel cut off from making the attempt at all.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- This and his stay in England gave an Anglican turn to his German pietism.
- Extract from : « Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II » by Martin Luther
- John was a compound of romanticism, pietism, realism, and naturalism.
- Extract from : « The Son of a Servant » by August Strindberg
- His Journal was read at home by John's step-mother, who inclined to pietism.
- Extract from : « The Son of a Servant » by August Strindberg
- One cannot separate the influence of Pietism and that of the Opera.
- Extract from : « Handel » by Romain Rolland
- Pietism and sentimentalism have supplanted in a large measure the ethical.
- Extract from : « Religion and the War » by Various
- The answers which æstheticism and pietism gave to rationalism were incomplete.
- Extract from : « Edward Caldwell Moore » by Edward Moore
- We may be permitted to try to show the meaning of pietism by a concrete example.
- Extract from : « Edward Caldwell Moore » by Edward Moore
- Browning's Christianity is wider than our creeds, and is all the more vitally Christian in that it never sinks into pietism.
- Extract from : « An Introduction to the Study of Browning » by Arthur Symons
- This pietism, nowhere else so paramount, except for a short period in Siena, constitutes the individuality of Umbria.
- Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy Vol. 3 » by John Addington Symonds
Antonyms for pietism
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