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creational

creational

8.5
Relating to religious beliefs that say God made the world
  • adjective
  • /krɪˈeɪʃənl/
  • Formal
translation icon : creacional
  • In theological discussions, the creational aspects of humanity illustrate the divine image that people are believed to embody.

Examples

  • Still, I found this passage to be helpful in showing that to speak of God's creational covenant with Adam, or a "covenant of works," is not an obvious imposition of foreign concepts onto the text in order to fit it into a theological grid, as is so often charged.

    Blog text (32)

  • It's it has a creational, but not temporal beginning.

  • NGK theologians argued that the diversity of humanity embodied a creational norm.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Many religious texts emphasize the creational role of God in shaping the world and its inhabitants.

  • The concept of a creational design asserts that everything in existence reflects God's intention and purpose.

Synonyms

creationistic
vscreational
9.5

A belief that God made the world and all living things

relates to creation in religious descriptions without asserting belief
cosmogonic
vscreational
  • Specialized
9.9

Relating to how the universe began and changed

focuses on creation in religious sense rather than scientific origin
formational
vscreational
  • Specialized
6.5

About how people make new words and structures

concerns creation by a divine agent rather than mere forming processes

Surface Forms

creational positive

Morphology

creational = creation (transparent) = create + ion + al

The word is a regular adjective formation from 'creation' with '-al', and the theological sense is still directly based on the idea of creation.

Etymology

Creational comes from the simple verb create, which means 'to make' or 'bring into being' and is the same root as creator and creation. So when something is described as creational in a religious sense, it connects to beliefs about God or a divine maker who 'made' the world.