creationism

UK: /kriˈeɪʃ^ənɪzəm/ US: /kriˈeɪʃəˌnɪzəm/ ,(krē ā′shə niz′əm)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

cre•a•tion•ism /kriˈeɪʃəˌnɪzəm/   n. [uncountable]

1. Religion the doctrine or belief that the creation of the universe occurred in exactly the same way as told in the Bible.
2. Religion the doctrine that God creates out of nothing a new human soul for each individual born.

cre•a•tion•ist, n. [countable] , adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

cre•a•tion•ism  (krē ā′shə niz′əm), n. 

1. Religion the doctrine that matter and all things were created, substantially as they now exist, by an omnipotent Creator, and not gradually evolved or developed.
2. Religion (sometimes cap.) the doctrine that the true story of the creation of the universe is as it is recounted in the Bible, esp. in the first chapter of Genesis.
3. Religion the doctrine that God immediately creates out of nothing a new human soul for each individual born. Cf. traducianism.

• creation + -ism 1840–50

cre•a′tion•ist, n., adj. 
cre•a′tion•is′tic, adj.