anthropodicy

== English == === Etymology === Blend of anthropo- (prefix meaning ‘human beings, people’) +‎ theodicy (“justification of a deity or of particular attributes of a deity; specifically, a justification of the existence of evil and suffering in the world”). Anthropo- is derived from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human being, person; all human beings, mankind”), ultimately possibly Pre-Greek; while the -dicy element of theodicy is from Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē, “justice; judgment, order; law; right”), and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌænθɹəʊˈpɒdɪsi/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌænθɹoʊˈpɑdɪsi/ Hyphenation: an‧thro‧po‧di‧cy === Noun === anthropodicy (countable and uncountable, plural anthropodicies) (Christianity, philosophy) An attempt, or an argument attempting, to justify that human beings are fundamentally good despite the commission of evil acts by some people. ==== Coordinate terms ==== cosmodicy theodicy ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === theodicy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === corytophanid