Arminianism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arminianism \Ar*min"i*an*ism\, n.
     The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Arminianism
       n : 16th century theology (named after its founder Jacobus
           Arminius) that opposes the absolute predestinarianism of
           John Calvin and holds that human free will is compatible
           with God's sovereignity