Etymology

maltheism

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Today it means: The belief that further to any deity's existence being rejected, the low evaluation of their properties would result in them not being worthy of worship. Full definition →

Latin malus
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  1. Latin · derived frommalus“bad”
  2. English todaymaltheism

Macaronic nonce coinage from mal-, from Latin malus (“bad”), + theism (compare misotheism and dystheism). Attested in Usenet discussions from 1985http://groups.google.com/groups/search?lr=&safe=off&num=10&q=maltheism&safe=off&qt_s=Search&as_drrb=b&as_mind=1&as_minm=1&as_miny=1981&as_maxd=4&as_maxm=10&as_maxy=1986

Words from the same roots

Latinmalus all →

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