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- Greek · borrowed fromφυλετισμός
- English todayphyletism
Borrowed from Greek φυλετισμός (fyletismós), from φυλέτης (fylétis, “tribesman”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
phyletism
Today it means: The doctrine and practice of organizing churches along exclusive and nationalist lines, condemned as heretical by the Council of Constantinople in 1872. Full definition →
Greek φυλετισμός