Swedenborgian

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adjective

Of or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg (born Emanuel Swedberg in 1688), Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic and theologian.

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Meanings

adjectiveSwedenborgian (comparative more Swedenborgian, superlative most Swedenborgian)

comparative more Swedenborgian · superlative most Swedenborgian

  1. Of or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg (born Emanuel Swedberg in 1688), Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic and theologian.
nounSwedenborgian (plural Swedenborgians)

plural Swedenborgians

  1. A religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg.

    As Kirkpatrick worked, Otto Hahn - an intensely patriotic German lawyer and amateur petrologist turned Swedenborgian who believed life originated in outer space - was spending long hours staring down his microscope at what he took to be the fossilised remnants of algae.

    2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 76

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
swedenborgianist

Origin

From Swedenborg + -ian.

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Translations

French swedenborgien, swédenborgien
  • swedenborgienof or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg
  • swédenborgienof or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg
  • swedenborgiena religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg
  • swedenborgiennea religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg
  • swédenborgiena religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg
  • swédenborgiennea religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg
German swedenborgianisch, schwedenborgianisch
  • swedenborgianischof or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg
  • schwedenborgianischof or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg
  • Swedenborgianera religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg
  • Swedenborgianerina religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg
  • Schwedenborgianera religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg
  • Schwedenborgianerina religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg
Polish swedenborgiański, swedenborgianin
  • swedenborgiańskiof or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg
  • swedenborgianina religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg
  • swedenborgiankaa religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg
Portuguese swedenborgiano, swedenborguiano
  • swedenborgianoof or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg
  • swedenborguianoof or pertaining to Emanuel Swedenborg
  • swedenborgianoa religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg
  • swedenborguianoa religious follower of Emanuel Swedenborg
Cite this entry
APA

Swedenborgian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swedenborgian

MLA

“Swedenborgian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swedenborgian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Swedenborgian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swedenborgian.

Source: Swedenborgian on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.