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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In theology, the disposition to minimize the implications of an accepted dogma; the minimizing view of what is involved in a dogma, especially that of papal infallibility.
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In recommending the Creed he would employ "a wise and gentle minimism", not extenuating what was true but setting down nought in malice.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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