Meanings
- An "open-source religion"; a communal belief system based on rational inquiry, empiricism, and science, whose sense of authority emerges from the group via consensus.
Origin
Coined by its inventor, Daniel Kriegman, from yo + -ism.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Yoism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yoism
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