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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]
Discordianism
/dis-kor'di-*n-ism/ The veneration of Eris,
also known as Discordia; widely popular among hackers.
Discordianism was popularised by Robert Shea and Robert Anton
Wilson's novel "Illuminatus!" as a sort of self-subverting
Dada-Zen for Westerners - it should on no account be taken
seriously but is far more serious than most jokes. Consider,
for example, the Fifth Commandment of the Pentabarf, from
"Principia Discordia": "A Discordian is Prohibited of
Believing What he Reads." Discordianism is usually connected
with an elaborate conspiracy theory/joke involving
millennia-long warfare between the anarcho-surrealist
partisans of Eris and a malevolent, authoritarian secret
society called the Illuminati.
See Religion, Church of the SubGenius, and ha ha only
serious.
[{Jargon File]
(1997-04-12)
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]
Discordianism /dis-kor'di-*n-ism/ n. The veneration of Eris, a.k.a.
Discordia; widely popular among hackers. Discordianism was popularized
by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson's novel "Illuminatus!" as a sort
of self-subverting Dada-Zen for Westerners -- it should on no account be
taken seriously but is far more serious than most jokes. Consider, for
example, the Fifth Commandment of the Pentabarf, from "Principia
Discordia": "A Discordian is Prohibited of Believing What he Reads."
Discordianism is usually connected with an elaborate conspiracy
theory/joke involving millennia-long warfare between the
anarcho-surrealist partisans of Eris and a malevolent, authoritarian
secret society called the Illuminati. See Religion in Appendix B,
Church of the SubGenius, and ha ha only serious.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
Discordianism
n.
A modern religion based on the worship of Eris, the Greek goddess of
discord and confusion
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
Discordianism
n.
A modern religion based on the worship of Eris, the Greek goddess of
discord and confusion
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
Discordianism
n.
A modern religion based on the worship of Eris, the Greek goddess of
discord and confusion
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
Discordianism
n.
A modern religion based on the worship of Eris, the Greek goddess of
discord and confusion
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
Discordianism //dɪsˈkɔɹdi.ənɪzəm// //dɪsˈkɔː.di.ən.ɪzm̩//
diskordianismi
parodic religion based on the worship of Eris
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