Meanings
methodism1
- uncountableThe practice of adhering (often excessively) to methods.
Descartes's methodism with its regulative criterion leads him to explicitly deny that accidentally true belief qualifies as knowledge.
1999, Matthew C. Bagger, Religious Experience, Justification, and History, →ISBN, page 62
Methodism2
plural Methodisms
- uncountableusuallyThe Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley in 18th-century England.
Far more Yankees shifted to Methodism, an eighteenth-century splinter from the Anglican Church with an emphasis on effecting social change[.]
2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 15, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN - uncountableusuallyAny of several related movements.
Origin
Methodism · noun
From method + -ism. Fellow students at the University of Oxford called Wesley and his followers "methodists" because they lived and practiced their faith methodically; Wesley adopted the designation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque metodismo
- metodismoMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Bulgarian методизъм
- методизъм (metodizăm)Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Catalan metodisme
- metodismeMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Chinese Mandarin 循道宗, 衛理宗 /卫理宗
- 循道宗 (Xúndàozōng)Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
- 衛理宗 /卫理宗 (Wèilǐzōng)Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Czech metodismus
- metodismusMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Danish metodisme
- metodismeMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Dutch methodisme
- methodismeMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Esperanto metodismo
- metodismoMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Estonian metodism
- metodismMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Finnish metodismi
- metodismiMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
French méthodisme
- méthodismeMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
German Methodismus
- MethodismusMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Greek μεθοδισμός
- μεθοδισμός (methodismós)Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Hungarian metodizmus
- metodizmusMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Italian metodismo
- metodismoMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Japanese メソジズム
- メソジズム (mesojizumu)Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Korean 감리교
- 감리교 (gamnigyo)Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Latvian metodisms
- metodismsMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Lithuanian metodi̇̀zmas
- metodi̇̀zmasMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Norwegian Bokmål metodisme
- metodismeMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Polish metodyzm
- metodyzmMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Portuguese metodismo
- metodismoMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Romanian metodism
- metodismMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Russian методи́зм
- методи́зм (metodízm)Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Slovak metodizmus
- metodizmusMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Spanish metodismo
- metodismoMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Swedish metodism
- metodismMethodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Ukrainian методи́зм
- методи́зм (metodýzm)Methodist Christian movement founded by John Wesley
Cite this entry
methodism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/methodism
“methodism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/methodism. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “methodism,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/methodism.
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