Why this word is great
IETSISM — [Noun] An unspecified belief in an undetermined transcendent force. From Dutch ietsisme, from iets ("something") + -isme ("-ism, belief system"). Unlike agnosticism (which lingers in the fog of doubt) or deism (which sketches a distant watchmaker), ietsism is the quiet conviction that there is—somewhere, somehow—more. It is the hush of a cathedral when you don’t believe in God, the silhouette of a figure seen through frosted glass, or the irrational comfort of whispering thank you to nothing in particular after narrowly avoiding disaster. A creed for those who cannot bear the void but refuse to fill it with fairy tales—stubbornly pointing, like a compass without north.