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Manumissionism

Published: 2nd August 2020

Citation: Astronist Institution. (2020). Manumissionism. Available: https://www.astronism.com/astronary/entry/manumissionism. Last accessed: [date].

ˌmanjʊˈmɪʃ(ə)nɪz(ə)m

noun

one half of the Manumissionist-Submissionist Spectrum, the theological position rejecting the role of God in judging human morality. Manumissionist principles emphasise freedom rather than submission and are formed on the cosmocentric worldview of humanity’s insignificance in comparison to the vastness of the astronomical world.

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DERIVATIVES AND ALTERNATIVE PHRASES

Manumissionist | ˌmanjʊˈmɪʃ(ə)nɪst | adjective & noun
Manumissional | ˌmanjʊˈmɪʃ(ə)nəl | adjective
Manumissionistic | ˌmanjʊˈmɪʃ(ə)nɪstɪk | adjective

ORIGINS AND ETYMOLOGY

Astro-English: from Astronese, the word manumission, denoting the action of freeing, combined with the suffix -ism denoting a belief; meaning ‘the belief in freeing.’

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