teapotism

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noun

Belief in the existence of Russell's teapot (an undetectable teapot orbiting between Earth and Mars).

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Meanings

nounteapotism (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableBelief in the existence of Russell's teapot (an undetectable teapot orbiting between Earth and Mars).

    Then we might have to talk about what it means to be 'foolish'. If believing in a teapot half-way between jupiter and mars is consolidating, fine with me, but if I have to fear for my life because of openly doubting about 'teapotism', then it starts to become foolish... not so?

    2007 December 10, jonasand..., “Re: Still at it?”, in talk.origins (Usenet), message-ID <1be88d5a-c545-4f6f-ba2c-b437659ad664@i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com>

Origin

From teapot (from Russell's teapot) + -ism.

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