Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pelagianism

1 sense of pelagianism

Sense 1
Pelagianism -- (the theological doctrine put forward by Pelagius which denied original sin and affirmed the ability of humans to be righteous; condemned as heresy by the Council of Ephesus in 431)
       => theological doctrine -- (the doctrine of a religious group)
       => heresy, unorthodoxy -- (a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion)