theologize

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verb

To discuss or speculate about theological subjects.

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theologise
OriginLatin theologizāre →
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Meanings

verbtheologize (third-person singular simple present theologizes, present participle theologizing, simple past and past participle theologized)

present singular third person theologizes · participle present theologizing · participle past theologized · past theologized

  1. intransitiveTo discuss or speculate about theological subjects.
    1 more example

    Take A Bishop Like Me is Moore's response to his critics in the form of an apologia for his stance on the ordination of both women and homosexuals. The book portrays with candor and a minimum of theologizing the struggles of the leader of an established and venerable institution […] to deal with issues that his constituents would rather not discuss.

    1979 April 28, John Graczak, “The Sacred and the Profane”, in Gay Community News, page 16
  2. transitiveTo treat something from a theological viewpoint.

    School divinity was but Aristotle's philosophy theologized.

    1662, Joseph Glanvill, Lux Orientalis

Synonyms & antonyms

verbtreat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character

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theologise
Broader
covertreathandle

verbmake theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects

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theologise
Broader
chew overthink overmeditate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latintheologizāre
  2. Englishtheologize

Ultimately from Latin theologizāre, with the transitive sense possibly being formed by theology + -ize.

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Translations

Catalan teologitzar
  • teologitzardiscuss or speculate about theological subjects
French théologiser
  • théologiserdiscuss or speculate about theological subjects
Swedish teologisera, teologisera
  • teologiseradiscuss or speculate about theological subjects
  • teologiseratreat something from a theological viewpoint
Tagalog bathalanin
  • bathalanintreat something from a theological viewpoint
Welsh diwinydda
  • diwinyddatreat something from a theological viewpoint
Cite this entry
APA

theologize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theologize

MLA

“theologize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theologize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “theologize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/theologize.

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