Main Entry:

cre·a·tion·ism

Pronunciation:

\-shə-ˌni-zəm\

Function:

noun

Date:

1880

: a doctrine or theory holding that matter, the various forms of life, and the world were created by God out of nothing and usually in the way described in Genesis — compare evolution 4b

— cre·a·tion·ist \-shə-nist\ noun or adjective