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calvinistic

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for calvinistic.

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There's been a number of papers written about how pervasive Calvinistic ideas are in the medical community.

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Quick take

Alternative form of Calvinist. [Of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists.]

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Alternative form of Calvinist. [Of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for calvinistic.

adjective

Alternative form of Calvinist. [Of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists.]

Example sentences

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There's been a number of papers written about how pervasive Calvinistic ideas are in the medical community.

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Logic does not work on people who believe Calvinistic predestination is the right model for society.

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Perhaps you have bought into the Calvinistic worldview that what is pleasurable must be ultimately harmful.

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One might also add simply that, Calvinistic though this may be, work is good for us.

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It's been a big part of the modernistic bent of the dominant Calvinistic protestant denominations.

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It's one thing to pay a carbon tax as a Calvinistic Punishment for carbon sinning.

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It aligns with a broader Calvinistic tendency to view pleasure and harm as inherently linked, which is fortunately at odds with reality.

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This ideal of a Calvinistic Brahmin chosen people is rooted in parasitism and idleness.

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>Have heard the theory that it's part of Calvinistic protestantism to avoid strong flavours That's very believable.

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Unremitting black depression and Calvinistic preordained hell on earth?

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It’s a pretty calvinistic mindset to see it otherwise.

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Is calvinistic predestination the majority view of republicans?

Quote examples

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Exception mostly in "Calvinistic" countries, where humans are born sinful and deserve only to die.

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This sort of Calvinistic ideal of work as an inherent virtue is what was behind the “Arbeit macht frei” slogans on archways at concentration camps.

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In the past people were satisfied with the divine apotheosis of people into a superior Brahmin class, or chosen people, or even in more modern times a Calvinistic elect, which this is an attempt to smuggle in as a secular, "scuentific" basis.

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I've known calvinistic missionaries (all dead now) from these groups, they speak of being burdened, and "feeling" called, but they're clear that a personal burden is not a revelation or prophecy, it's just a personal conviction from the text combined with circumstances and an affinity of where to go, not the voice of god.

Proper noun examples

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Calvinistic thinking that labor is pious seems to have been a part of American workplaces forever, especially tech.

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And I suggest that the idea of men having rightfully taken their god given place higher up the hierarchy of society, is Calvinistic, by definition this is true.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use calvinistic in a sentence?

There's been a number of papers written about how pervasive Calvinistic ideas are in the medical community.

What does calvinistic mean?

Alternative form of Calvinist. [Of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists.]

What part of speech is calvinistic?

calvinistic is commonly used as adjective.