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8-letter words (1 found)

THEODICY,

6-letter words (5 found)

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5-letter words (27 found)

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4-letter words (63 found)

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3-letter words (58 found)

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2-letter words (23 found)

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1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 178 words from theodicy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of theodicy

theodicy

Alternative forms

  • theodicity

Etymology

Borrowed from French théodicée, from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) + δίκη (díkē, “justice”), coined by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in his 1710 work Essais de Théodicée sur la bonté de Dieu, la liberté de l'homme et l'origine du mal (Essays of Theodicy on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil), commonly known as Théodicée.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: thēŏʹdĭsi, IPA(key): /θiːˈɒd.ɪ.si/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /θiˈɑd.ɪ.si/

Noun

theodicy (plural theodicies)

  1. (theology, philosophy) A justification of a deity or of particular attributes of a deity; specifically, a justification of the existence of evil and suffering in the world; a work or discourse justifying the ways of God.
    • 2000 [Kluwer Academic], Charles Seymour, A Theodicy of Hell, 2010, Springer, Softcover reprint, page 195,
      In general, my theodicy of hell is more congenial to those denominations with less rigidly defined doctrinal systems.
      Does this mean I have allowed theodicy to encroach on theology, contrary to my avowed purpose?

Related terms

  • anthropodicy
  • sociodicy

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See also

  • apologism
  • dystheism
  • eutheism

Further reading

  • theodicy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Problem of evil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Problem of Hell on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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