evangelicalism

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noun

Lutheranism and continental Calvinism.

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Meanings

nounevangelicalism (countable and uncountable, plural evangelicalisms)

plural evangelicalisms

  1. countablehistoricaluncountableChristianityLutheranism and continental Calvinism.
  2. countableuncountableChristianityContemporary Protestant movement based on energetic proselytism and a renewed focus on the Bible and in the belief in its inerrancy.
  3. broadlycountableuncountableimpreciseChristian fundamentalism.
  4. countableuncountableby analogyIslamIslamic movements which are based on preaching and proselytism (dawah).

    Islamic evangelicalism helped win over Iberian notables […]

    2010, Timothy Parsons, The Rule of Empires: Those Who Built Them, Those Who Endured Them, and Why They Always Fall, page 108

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
evangelicanism

Origin

From evangelical + -ism.

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Translations

Catalan evangelicalisme, evangelisme
  • evangelicalismeLutheranism and continental Calvinism
  • evangelismecontemporary movement
  • evangelicalismecontemporary movement
Finnish evankelisuus, evankelikalismi
  • evankelisuusLutheranism and continental Calvinism
  • evankelikalismicontemporary movement
Hebrew אוונגליזם
  • אוונגליזםcontemporary movement
Indonesian evangelikalisme, evangelikalisme
  • evangelikalismeLutheranism and continental Calvinism
  • evangelikalismecontemporary movement
Italian evangelicalismo
  • evangelicalismocontemporary movement
Polish ewangelikalizm
  • ewangelikalizmcontemporary movement
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APA

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

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Chicago

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