teodicé

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French théodicée.

Noun

teodicé c

  1. (theology) theodicy
    • 1903, Otto Sylwan, Svensk literatur vid adertonhundratalets midt (1830-1860)‎[1], Wettergren & Kerber, accessed at Archive.org, courtesy of Google Books:
      Alla försök till teodicéer, säger Almqvist, [har] blott förmörkat frågan.
      All attempts at theodicies, says Almqvist, have only obscured the issue.
    • 2015, Hjalmar Falk, “Ordet: Det sekulära”, in Ord&Bild‎[2], number 3, archived from the original on 21 August 2024:
      Augustinus teodicé förlade världens ondska till människans fria vilja.
      Augustine's theodicy attributed the evil of the world to man's free will.
    • 2024 September 19, Mara van der Lugt, translated by Amanda Svensson, Mörkret i oss‎[3], Fri tanke, page 14:
      [Ordet] teodicé är den beteckning som, alltsedan [...] Leibniz, har använts för alla försök att systematiskt besvara det ondas problem.
      The word theodicy is the term that, ever since Leibniz, has been used for all attempts to systematically answer the problem of evil.

Declension

Declension of teodicé
nominative genitive
singular indefinite teodicé teodicés
definite teodicén teodicéns
plural indefinite teodicéer teodicéers
definite teodicéerna teodicéernas

Derived terms

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