anthropodicy
An attempt, or an argument attempting, to justify that human beings are fundamentally…An attempt, or an argument attempting, to justify that human beings are fundamentally good despite the commission of evil acts by some people.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)An attempt, or an argument attempting, to justify that human beings are fundamentally good despite the commission of evil acts by some people.
Anthropodizee
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Blend of anthropo- (prefix meaning ‘human beings, people’) + theodicy (“justification of aBlend of anthropo- (prefix meaning ‘human beings, people’) + theodicy (“justification of a deity or of particular attributes of a deity; specifically, a justification of the existence of evil and suffering in the world”). Anthropo- is derived from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human being, person; all human beings, mankind”), ultimately possibly Pre-Greek; while the -dicy element of theodicy is from Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē, “justice; judgment, order; law; right”), and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”).
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Forms
plural: anthropodicies| Singular | anthropodicy |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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