-əˌnizəm noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Pelagian (I) + -ism
: the teachings of Pelagius condemned as heretical in A.D.431 and marked by the denial of original sin, the assertion that each individual has freedom of the will to choose not to sin, and the avowal that each person's freedom of the will includes the unassisted initiating power to move toward salvation and to appropriate the divine grace necessary thereto