PERSONALISM

PERSONALISM
   the PHILOSOPHY which regards the individual PERSON as the highest form of REALITY. American PROTESTANT LIBERALISM was deeply influenced by a personalism which saw HISTORY as the unfolding of the MORAL aspect of GOD'S will.

Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.

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  • personalism — noun Date: circa 1846 a doctrine emphasizing the significance, uniqueness, and inviolability of personality • personalist noun or adjective • personalistic adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • personalism — noun A doctrine of subjective idealism that regards personality as the means of interpreting reality …   Wiktionary

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