Jansenism
noun
Jansenism is a noun meaning “The doctrine of Cornelius Jansen and his followers, which emphasise original sin, divine grace and predestination; condemned as a heresy by Pope…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled J-A-N-S-E-N-I-S-M and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of Jansenism is Jansenisms.
What does Jansenism mean?
noun
- 1
The doctrine of Cornelius Jansen and his followers, which emphasise original sin, divine grace and predestination; condemned as a heresy by Pope Innocent X in 1653.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Jansenism?
Jansenism has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Jansenism
- Jansenisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Jansenism?
Jansenism appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Jansenism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense doctrine:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | jansénisme |
| German | Jansenismus |
| Portuguese | jansenismo |
| Spanish | jansenismo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Jansenism come from?
From Jansen + -ism. Named after Cornelius Jansen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).