Home › Words › C › catabaptismcatabaptismcatabaptism means opposition to baptism; the religious position of a Catabaptist.EtymologyFrom cata- + baptism.nounOpposition to baptism; the religious position of a Catabaptist.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.catabaptist 87% match — One who opposes baptism. vs catabaptism →antibaptism 75% match — Opposing baptism. vs catabaptism →antipaedobaptism 68% match — Opposition to the baptism of infants. vs catabaptism →antipaedobaptist 67% match — Someone opposed to the practice of infant baptism. vs catabaptism →baptistic 63% match — Of or for baptism; baptismal. vs catabaptism →parabaptist 62% match — A person carrying out unlawful baptisms, especially in the early Church. vs catabaptism →unbaptism 61% match — Absence or lack of baptism. vs catabaptism →catabiotic 61% match — Of or pertaining to catabiosis. vs catabaptism →