different between sociodicy vs anthropodicy

English

Etymology

By analogy with theodicy. See socio-.

Noun

sociodicy (plural sociodicies)

1. A justification (or similar discourse) of the nature of a particular society

Translations

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 ???????? (ánthr?pos, “human being, person; all human beings, mankind”), ultimately possibly Pre-Greek; while the -dicy element of theodicy is from Ancient Greek ????? (dík?, “justice; judgment, order; law; right”), and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dey?- (“to point out”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æn?????p?d?si/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æn??o??p?d?si/
• Hyphenation: an?thro?po?di?cy

Noun

anthropodicy (plural anthropodicies)

1. (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.

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Coordinate terms

• cosmodicy
• theodicy

Further reading

• theodicy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• corytophanid