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Meaning of platygaeanism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The belief that the Earth's shape is a plane or disk.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“It should be clear that my presentation of platygaeanism is *much* more cogent and intelligent than anything creationists or astrologers have been able to come up with.”
“According to Ron Numbers's _The Creationists_, geocentrism remained common among Missouri synod Lutherans until about a century ago (and still has followers in various sects). Platygaeanism had its adherents until recently, at least.”
“All that site did list were a few people that I thought existed already followed by a posse of perfectly understandable reasons for me to have believed in Catholic Platygæanism at least until now.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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