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Meaning of ultimism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The quasireligious proposition that there is some ultimate phenomenon that is the source of good.

uncountable

Examples

“Schellenberg's thinking on religion begins with what he calls “ultimism.” “Ultimism,” for him, is the claim that: There is a metaphysically and axiologically ultimate reality (one representing both the deepest fact about the nature of things and the greatest possible value), in relation to which an ultimate good can be attained.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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