Meanings
- uncountablelifestyleAn unspecified belief in an undefined transcendent reality.
Synonyms: Somethingism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn unspecified belief in an undefined transcendent reality.
Origin
- Dutchiets
- Dutchietsisme
- EnglishIetsism
Borrowed from Dutch ietsisme. By surface analysis, Dutch iets (“something”) + English -ism.
More words from Dutch
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic إيتسية
- إيتسيةbelief
Catalan ietsisme
- ietsismebelief
Chinese Mandarin 某物主义
- 某物主义belief
Czech něcismus
- něcismusbelief
Dutch ietsisme
- ietsismebelief
Esperanto Ajnismo
- Ajnismobelief
French ietsisme
- ietsismebelief
German Ietsismus
- Ietsismusbelief
Greek Ιετσισμός
- Ιετσισμός (Ietsismós)belief
Korean 이치주의
- 이치주의 (ichijuui)belief
Latin ietsismus
- ietsismusbelief
Persian ایدهگرایی
- ایدهگراییbelief
Polish ietsyzm
- ietsyzmbelief
Romanian ietsism
- ietsismbelief
Russian итсизм
- итсизм (itsizm)belief
Cite this entry
Ietsism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ietsism
“Ietsism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ietsism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ietsism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ietsism.
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