Discreate

/dɪsˈkriːeɪt/ verb

Definition

To uncreate, destroy, or cause to cease existing; to reduce something to nothing or nothingness.

Etymology

From dis- (reverse or negate) + create (from Latin 'creare,' to make). This theological and philosophical term uses the prefix dis- to negate the act of creation itself.

Kelly Says

This is a philosophical word mostly used in theology—if God created the world, could He 'discreate' it and return it to nothing? Medieval scholars debated whether God had the power to literally uncreate creation!

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