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Meaning of universism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

a movement advocating personal reason and experience and over faith and dogma

uncountable

Examples

“https://web.archive.org/web/20061012073457/http://open-site.org/Society/Religion/Universism/ Universism is a modern rational religious philosophy that began in 2003 with princples laid out by Ford Vox. Universists choose their beliefs according to the dictates of their own life experience and reason.”
“http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/u/universism.html Universism is a philosophy of The Universist Movement. Universism, though not a definitive philosophy, is a progressive, naturalistic worldview in which all meaning and purpose is understood through personal reason and experience; thus, being a religion of reason.”
“https://web.archive.org/web/20070209081744/http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/faith/05/universist.shtml What Universism argues against is individuals believing that their truths apply to others - all of us are equals in terms of these enormous, world-shaping metaphysical questions.”

CEFR level

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

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