Typographical convention: When a word is being introduced in running text, or when it being discussed as a symbol and not for its meaning, it is generally underscored. The more common practice throughout literature is to use italics for this purpose, but the conventions of mathematical notation, which must be employed here, complicate the matter. Italics are used for other customary purposes when no confusion will result. By contrast, terms introduced in tables receive no special treatment.

§1. People often observe our universe and deem it complicated and intricate beyond human understanding. They ask an obvious question:

"How did the universe get created?"

☞ To answer this, many religions posit a deity of great (perhaps infinite) intelligence and power; sometimes multiple deities. Implicit in this context are two assumptions: the universe has not always existed, thereby necessitating a creative event for it to come into being; the universe could not have created itself.

☞ Skeptics might counter as follows: If the complexity of the universe requires a creator, then surely that creator is no less complex than the universe it created. Hence the creator must need a higher-level creator. The skeptic's response is made more pungent if the religion insists that the universe is of irreducible complexity. Certainly difficult to explain is how a creator who is not irreducibly complex could create something that is irreducibly complex.

☞ A frequently-heard religious rebuttal to this point is that the first-level creator has always existed — or perhaps it self-created — and therefore it requires no higher-level creator.

☞ At this stage, however, the skeptics will likely contest that if the creator can have always existed, why must we dismiss the possibility that the universe has always existed?

… and the debate will continue back and forth without end.

Such exchanges, although they have occurred countless times, have arguably never led to a solid resolution of the matter; if they had, the participants would have discontinued re-enacting this script, moving on to other issues.

There is a second concern: If the purpose of the mortal life is to prepare us for some sort of afterlife, then what might be the purpose of the afterlife?

Fortunately, the religion known as RECURSIVITISM provides a comprehensive and fully satisfying answer to these and a wealth of other age-old conundra.

§2. Here is an introductory over-simplification:

• The universe was created by God.

• God was created by Über-god.

• Über-god was created by Über-über-god.

• Über-über-god was created by Über-über-über-god.

continuing without bound

Superscripts provide a convenient generalized notation for many divine terms. Examples:

nouns		adjectives capitalized when substantivized
superscript	non-superscript	superscript	non-superscript
Über0god	God	all1mighty	almighty
Über1god	Über-god	all2mighty	all-almighty
Über2god	Über-über-god	all3mighty	all-all-almighty
Über3god	Über-über-über-god	all4mighty	all-all-all-almighty
continuing without bound

Comments:

• An italicized n is often used as a generic superscript, and its value would ordinarily be a nonnegative integer.

• If a superscript equals 0, both the superscript and the affected portion of the word (which is usually a prefix or a suffix) can be omitted. Hence Über0god → God.

• If a superscript equals 1, it can be omitted; optional is to insert a hyphen for clarity. Hence Über1god → Über-god.

• Superscripts are sometimes off by one: Überngod is alln+1mighty. (This is not a bug, but rather a design feature.)

• Analogous to allnmighty are the terms omninpotent and omninscient.

• In general, one can say that Überngod was created by Übern+1god.

• By infrapolation, ordinary mortals might be designated Über−1gods who are all0mighty.

It now becomes clear why the founding documents of RECURSIVITISM are sometimes called the "Holy Superscriptures". (Informal motto: "RECURSIVITISM is super!")

Expansive as this theology may seem thus far, what we have seen so far is only a glimpse into a single chain of command; far greater breadth awaits the true believer. It turns out that there are multiple gods on every level.

§3. The reader may be familiar with the multiverse theory in science, which says that every universe that can exist does exist. This leads to infinitely many universes, which meshes perfectly with RECURSIVITISM. Every universe has its own God, at the Über⁰god level to be specific.

Here is the general structure of the hierarchy:

Each mortal is responsible to one God. Beyond that:
Each	reports to an	Who supervises
God	Über-god	10 Gods
Über-god	Über2god	10 Über-gods
Über2god	Über3god	10 Über2gods
Über3god	Über4god	10 Über3gods
Überngod	Übern+1god	10 Überngods

This is how creations are structured:

Each God created Its own universe, which contains everything. Beyond that:
Each	created	Each of Whom created	aggregation
Über-god	ten Gods	Its own universe	Ten universes combine into a decaverse (101verse) which contains every-everything (every2thing).
Über2god	ten Über-gods	Its own decaverse	Ten decaverses combine into a hectoverse (102verse) which contains every-every-everything (every3thing).
Über3god	ten Über2gods	Its own hectoverse	Ten hectoverses combine into a kiloverse (103verse) which contains every4thing.
Übern+1god	ten Überngods	Its own 10nverse	Ten 10nverses combine into a 10n+1verse which contains everyn+2thing.

This gives rise to a RECURSIVITIST catchphrase: "What hath Überⁿ⁺¹god wrought? Ten Überⁿgods.".

Naturally, each Überⁿgod governs what it created:

Each	directly governs	indirectly governs
God	1 universe	‐
Über-god	1 decaverse	10 universes
Über2god	1 hectoverse	10 decaverses 100 universes
Über3god	1 kiloverse	10 hectoverses 100 decaverses 1000 universes
continuing without bound

When precise terminology is needed:

the study of a(n)	is a	the components of which are
God	theology	doctrines
Über-god	meta-theology	para-doctrines
Über2god	meta2theology	para2doctrines
Über3god	meta3theology	para3doctrines
Überngod	metantheology	parandoctrines

§4. When worshiping, mortals might offer prayers in the form of invocations and benedictions to their God.

Some mortals skip up within the chain of command, with wor²shipful (or worship-ful²) in²vocations and bene²dictions directly to their Über¹god; or more generally, worⁿ⁺¹shipful (or worship-fulⁿ⁺¹) inⁿ⁺¹vocations and beneⁿ⁺¹dictions directly to their Überⁿgod.

(Although most RECURSIVITISM superscripts are attached to prefixes, they can also be attached to suffixes, as seen here, in which case a hyphen makes it easier to see exactly what part of the word is superscribed.)

Some Recursivitists are concerned that, when m > n, if they pray directly to an Über^mgod, an Überⁿgod Who has been bypassed in the chain of command might become displeased; so these believers limit themselves to wor¹shipful in¹vocations and bene¹dictions to their Über⁰god. These Recursivitists also fear that an Über^mgod might become perturbed when receiving an orison that could have been handled at a lower level, by an Überⁿgod.

Some groups of adherents see an obligation to promote RECURSIVITISM; they are uniform in holding that it is desirable for each believer to spread the "good news" about their own Über⁰god through a process called ev¹angelism.

On the other hand, there is disagreement about whether they ought to evⁿ⁺¹angelize about an Überⁿgod when n ≥ 1. This matter is parallel to the matter discussed previously; Recursivitists who object to skipping Überⁿgods in the chain of command will usually object to evⁿangelization for n > 1. By contrast, Recursivitists who find skipping acceptable generally see no problem with evⁿangelization for all n ≥ 1.

The expression "good news" can be inflected:

deity	superscript	non-superscript
Über0god	bett-er0 news	good news
Über1god	bett-er1 news	better news
Über2god	bett-er2 news	bett-er-er
Über3god	bett-er3 news	bett-er-er-er
continuing without bound

§5. Two sides of an important characteristic are transscendence and cisscendence, in the aggregate scandence. (The spellings are explained in §5A below.)

A God is transscendent relative to a mortal; an Überⁿ⁺¹god is transscendent relative to an Überⁿgod. More broadly, an Über^n+mgod is trans^mscendent relative to an Überⁿgod. Finally, an Überⁿgod is transⁿ⁺¹scendent relative to a mortal.

Cisscendence is the opposite of transscendence; specifically, cisⁿscendence is the same as trans⁻ⁿscendence. Hence, a mortal is cisscendent relative to a God; an Überⁿgod is cis¹scendent relative to an Überⁿ⁺¹god, and so forth.

§5A. The documents of RECURSIVITISM, at least in the English language, spell transscend and its inflections with two esses rather than one. This reflects that the word comes from Latin trans scando, in which the two esses were ultimately contracted into one. Additionally, this clarifies the structure of the word when a superscript is inserted, as trans³scend.

As cis- is the opposite of trans-, the same considerations apply to cisscend, although Latin cis scando has scarce classical precedent.

It must be noted that Latin often changes the first vowel of a word when a prefix is added; that is why (in standard English spelling) we have transcend and not transcand. Familiar examples of how the Latin vowel change survives into English are the pairs tangent-contingent; apt-inept.

§6. RECURSIVITISM demonstrates that it is a genuine religion by wanting money. Upholding the finest tradition of capitalism, it is a multi-level marketing scheme. Here is the schedule of explicit payments:

• Each mortal pays ten percent of their income to their God.

• Each God pays ten percent of Its income to Its supervising Über-god.

• Each Über-god pays ten percent of Its income to Its supervising Über2god.

• Each Über2god pays ten percent of Its income to Its supervising Über3god.

• Each Überngod pays ten percent of Its income to Its supervising Übern+1god.

The following calculations reveal the net throughput of the explicit payments; these are not additional payments:

• Each mortal pays 9 percent of their income to their God.

• Each mortal pays 0.9 percent of their income to their Über-god.

• Each mortal pays 0.09 percent of their income to their Über2god.

• Each mortal pays 0.009 percent of their income to their Über3god.

• Each mortal pays 9 × 10−n percent of their income to their Überngod.

The money that a mortal pays to their God is called an offering, which word is an assimilation of the word that would be obfering. The portion of the offering that goes to their Über-god would be called an oboffering, of which term the likely superscript forms are ob²fering, of²fering, or ob¹offering, according to taste. In the general case, the portion that goes to their Überⁿgod is an obⁿ⁺¹fering, of ⁿ⁺¹fering, or obⁿoffering. A synonym of the gerund obⁿfering is the noun obⁿlation (from Latin fero, ferre, tuli, latum).

All of the superscripts mentioned so far are from a mortal's point of view, but Überⁿgods reckon things differently. For instance, when a mortal (i.e. an Über⁻¹god) makes a donation, the portion that reaches their Über⁵god is what the mortal calls a ob⁶fering. As the funds are passed up the line, their Über²god would by contrast call that same portion an ob³fering.

§7. Some additional vocabulary is helpful in describing what happens after a mortal dies. Here are some destinations a soul might visit:

superscript	non-superscript	supervised by a(n)		superscript	non-superscript	supervised by a(n)
ultra0heaven	heaven	God		infra0hell	hell	Satan
ultra1heaven	ultra-heaven	Über1god		infra1hell	infra-hell	Unter1satan
ultra2heaven	ultra-ultra-heaven	Über2god		infra2hell	infra-infra-hell	Unter2satan
ultra3heaven	ultra-ultra-ultra-heaven	Über3god		infra3hell	infra-infra-infra-hell	Unter3satan
continuing without bound

Contrast that Über has an umlaut, Unter does not.

As suggested by the table above, there is a one-to-one correspondence between ultraⁿheavens and infraⁿhells; and between Überⁿgods and Unterⁿsatans.

The table below introduces the afterlives and their durations:

superscript	non-superscript	superscript	non-superscript
after0life	mortal life	hyper−1eternity	finite time
after1life	afterlife	hyper0eternity	eternity
after2life	after-afterlife	hyper1eternity	hyper-eternity
after3life	after-after-afterlife	hyper2eternity	hyper-hyper-eternity
continuing without bound

There are two equivalent families of adjectives, as below.

superscript		non-superscript
hyper0eternal	eternal-er0	eternal
hyper1eternal	eternal-er1	eternal-er
hyper2eternal	eternal-er2	eternal-er-er
hyper3eternal	eternal-er3	eternal-er-er-er
continuing without bound

The purpose of the mortal life is to prepare the soul for the after¹life. The purpose of any afterⁿlife is to prepare the soul for the afterⁿ⁺¹life.

A hyperⁿeternity lasts for a inⁿ⁺¹finite amount of time. On the other hand, the duration of mortal life is finite (in⁰finite). These inⁿ⁺¹finities need a more precise description; they are based on the sequence of aleph numbers, each an infinity that is "larger" than the previous.

aleph	duration	eternity
ℵ0	in1finite time	hyper0eternity
ℵ1	in2finite time	hyper1eternity
ℵ2	in3finite time	hyper2eternity
ℵ3	in4finite time	hyper3eternity
ℵn	inn+1finite time	hyperneternity

The aleph numbers lead to an uncomfortable source of schism within RECURSIVITISM. (What genuine religion does not have a schism?) The disagreement parallels the continuum hypothesis, and in theological terms may be explained thus:

For any non-negative integer n, there is an Überⁿgod. Recursivitist theologians are divided as to whether the limitation of integrality can (or must) be lifted. If that is done, there could be an Über^xgod for any real number x. Each Über^xgod would report to an Über^x+1god, and other constructions follow similarly.

Unsettled is what, if anything, the relationship between an Über^xgod and an Über^ygod might be if x − y is not an integer.

Radical Recursivitist theologians have proposed a further extension to superscripts that are complex numbers, but research in that area is still at the earliest in its nascence. Another notion of yet-resolved meaning uses superscripts that are ordered tuples of numbers, such as Über^(3,6,4)god.

§8. The overwhelming view within RECURSIVITISM is the Decimalist, meaning that:

• each Überⁿ⁺¹god supervises ten Überⁿgods;
• each mortal pays one-tenth of their income to their God;
• each Überⁿgod pays one-tenth of Its income to Its Überⁿ⁺¹god.

Decimalism forms the basis of this report, but some Recursivitists prefer a different number. The Dozenists, for instance, hold that each Überⁿ⁺¹god supervises twelve Überⁿgods, and all payments are one-twelfth of income.

Variegationalists go further, using different numbers for different purposes. For instance, an Überⁿ⁺¹god might supervise nine Überⁿgods, but payments would be one-eleventh of income. As a more elaborate example, some Fibonacciïsts say this:

• each Über¹god supervises 2 Über⁰gods;
• each Über²god supervises 3 Über¹gods;
• each Über³god supervises 5 Über²gods;
• each Über⁴god supervises 8 Über³gods;
• each Über⁵god supervises 13 Über⁴gods;
• each Über⁶god supervises 21 Über⁵gods;
• and so forth.

Beyond that, there has been proposed a structure where, for instance, a committee of 3 Überⁿ⁺¹gods would supervise a group of 19 Überⁿgods. No Überⁿgod would report to any single Überⁿ⁺¹god, and no Überⁿ⁺¹god would be the sole immediate supervisor of any Überⁿgod.

§9. Every religion has rules and regulations, and RECURSIVITISM is no different. On the one hand, there are infinitely many commandments; on the other hand, each God has issued only one commandment, helping to simplify things:

Each God requires the mortals in its universe to obey the sole commandment (com1mandment) that It has issued …	…which is to obey the com-commandment (com2mandment) issued by its Über1god.
Each Über1god requires the Gods in its decaverse to enforce the sole com2mandment that It has issued …	…which is to obey the com3mandment issued by its Über2god.
Each Über2god requires the Über1gods in its hectoverse to enforce the sole com3mandment that It has issued …	…which is to obey the com4mandment issued by its Über3god.
Each Übern+1god requires the Überngods in its 10n+1verse to enforce the sole comn+2mandment that It has issued …	…which is to obey the comn+3mandment issued by its Übern+2god.

Rigorous orthographers might apply superscription to the verbs, as "Each Überⁿgod reⁿ⁺¹quires …".

A mortal is not required to obey any commandment from outside their own chain of command.

An open question is this: A mortal's violation of the commandment given by their God is termed a transgression. Should such a trans¹gression of their Über⁰god's com¹mandment also be regarded, by transitivity, as a trans²gression of their Über¹god's com²mandment?

Obedience to a commandment, the opposite of transgression, is of course called cisgression. This would suggest the notational identity transⁿgression = cis⁻ⁿgression.

§10. This section explains how a soul can move around. Unfortunately, there is a schism on this matter, with the respective advocates being labeled multidurationalists and unidurationalists. They disgree on whether a soul might experience an afterⁿlife of a particular duration more than once.

According to either group, a mortal at the end of their earthly life goes to heaven if their God deems their behavior satisfactory according to Its com¹mandment as described in §9 above; hell otherwise. Beyond that, they differ, as follows.

At the end of a soul's eternal afterlife, their Über¹god evaluates the soul's compliance to Its com²mandment:

situation	multidurationalism	unidurationalism
A soul in heaven who has behaved poorly is demoted to …	… hell, to begin another eternal afterlife.	… infra-hell, to begin a hyper-eternal after-afterlife.
A soul in hell who has behaved well is promoted to …	… heaven, to begin another eternal afterlife.	… ultra-heaven, to begin a hyper-eternal after-afterlife.
A soul in hell who has behaved poorly is demoted to …	… infra-hell, to begin a hyper-eternal after-afterlife.
A soul in heaven who has behaved well is promoted to …	… ultra-heaven, to begin a hyper-eternal after-afterlife.

At the end of a soul's hyper-eternal after-afterlife, their Über²god evaluates the soul's compliance to Its com³mandment:

situation	multidurationalism	unidurationalism
A soul in ultra-heaven who has behaved poorly is demoted to …	… infra-hell, to begin another hyper-eternal after-afterlife.	… infra2hell, to begin a hyper2eternal after3life.
A soul in infra-hell who has behaved well is promoted to …	… ultra-heaven, to begin another hyper-eternal after-afterlife.	… ultra2heaven, to begin a hyper2eternal after3life.
A soul in infra-hell who has behaved poorly is demoted to …	… infra2hell, to begin a hyper2eternal after3life.
A soul in ultra-heaven who has behaved well is promoted to …	… ultra2heaven, to begin a hyper2eternal after3life.

At the end of a soul's hyperⁿeternal afterⁿ⁺¹life, their Überⁿ⁺¹god evaluates the soul's compliance to Its comⁿ⁺²mandment:

situation	multidurationalism	unidurationalism
A soul in ultranheaven who has behaved poorly is demoted to …	… infranhell, to begin another hyperneternal aftern+1life.	… infran+1hell, to begin a hypern+1eternal aftern+2life.
A soul in infranhell who has behaved well is promoted to …	… ultranheaven, to begin another hyperneternal aftern+1life.	… ultran+1heaven, to begin a hypern+1eternal aftern+2life.
A soul in infranhell who has behaved poorly is demoted to …	… infran+1hell, to begin a hypern+1eternal aftern+2life.
A soul in ultranheaven who has behaved well is promoted to …	… ultran+1heaven, to begin a hypern+1eternal aftern+2life.

According to the multidurationalists, a soul whose behavior is erratic might bounce several times between a heaven and a hell of the same duration. Unidurationalists by contrast say that each time a soul moves, it enters an eternaller afterlife. However, both factions agree that a soul never moves from a longer afterlife to a shorter, and certainly never returns to mortal life.

A summary:

current location	next location according to multidurationalists		next location according to unidurationalists
	satisfactory behavior	unsatisfactory behavior	satisfactory behavior	unsatisfactory behavior
mortal life	heaven	hell	heaven	hell
heaven	ultra-heaven	hell	ultra-heaven	infra-hell
hell	heaven	infra-hell
ultra-heaven	ultra2heaven	infra-hell	ultra2heaven	infra2hell
ultra-hell	ultra-heaven	infra2hell
ultra2heaven	ultra3heaven	infra2hell	ultra3heaven	infra3hell
ultra2hell	ultra2heaven	infra3hell
ultranheaven	ultran+1heaven	infranhell	ultran+1heaven	infran+1hell
ultranhell	ultranheaven	infran+1hell

§11. Some branches of RECURSIVITISM might have a hierarchical structure:

• A bishop would supervise a priest, an archbishop supervise a bishop, and an archn+1bishop supervise an archnbishop.

• As the office of a bishop is called an episcopate, the office of an archnbishop would be an epin+1scopate.

• For districts, there are two plausible systems of nomenclature: In the first, the district that a bishop supervises would termed a diocese, with an archnbishop over an archndiocese. In the second, an archdiocese would instead be called a dia-diocese. The equivalent to an archndiocese would be written diandiocese, except that some writers might prefer dian+1ocese or din+1ocese.

The full prefix (from Greek) is dia-, but the letter a is dropped when dia- is attached to a word beginning with a vowel. An analogy to oboffering emerges, where again a prefix is changed according to what it is attached to. To make the orthographic parallel explicit:

prefix never changed	obn+1fering	dian+1ocese
prefix always changed	ofn+1fering	din+1ocese
prefix sometimes changed	obnoffering	diandiocese

Some other branches of RECURSIVITISM might be organized as autonomous congregations, with no hierarchy. If several congregations elect to form an association, it might be called a con²gregation; with an association of con²gregations termed a con³gregation, et sequens.

Some congregations might choose to have officals called deacons, holding the position of the diaconate. Superscription of these terms is etymologically justified, if the need arises: deaⁿcon and diaⁿconate. Terms for similar positions are elder, eld-erⁿ.

Etymological purists might point out that the word congregation in its usual sense is redundant, as it is based on Latin grex which itself means group, specifically flock. Hence a rigorous definition of congregation would be a group of groups. It is not clear whether Recursivitists will adopt this interpretation.

§12. Already noted are several points of disagreement among Recursivitists; more will surely develop in the coming years. For that reason, some taxonomical vocabulary ought to be provided. What follows is an example of its use.

Suppose Recursivitist group A splits into groups B and C. At some later point, B splits into D and E, and C splits into F and G. This chart summarizes the divisions:

A
↓				↓
B				C
↓		↓		↓		↓
D		E		F		G

Then it can be said:

these groups	are
B and C	se1parated
D and E
F and G
B and F	se2parated
B and G
C and D
C and E
D and F	se3parated
D and G
E and F
E and G

Seⁿparation is not here defined between a group and any of its ancestors. Matters will become complicated if two groups decide to merge.

§13. How was the information in this document obtained?

• About the Gods and Satans: from revelations delivered to prophets.

• About the Über-gods and Unter-satans: from re2velations delivered to pro2phets.

• About the Über2gods and Unter2satans: from re3velations delivered to pro3phets.

• About the Überngods and Unternsatans: from ren+1velations delivered to pron+1phets.

A proⁿ⁺¹phet is also a proⁿphet, with reⁿ⁺¹velations similarly subsumptive. However, a proⁿphet is not necessarily a proⁿ⁺¹phet.

Recent research has hinted that RECURSIVITISM might be merely one of a family of religions under the umbrella term RE²CURSIVITISM. It is anticipated that information about the Über^übergods in that family would come from re^revelations delivered to pro^prophets. The syntax of numerical super^superscripts has yet to be dis^disclosed.

One might further suppose that pro^proprophets would furnish re^rerevelations about the Über^überübergods of RE³CURSIVITISM, if such a thing exists.

§14. Miscellaneous notes on the terminology and orthography:

• There is no restriction on translating the documents of RECURSIVITISM into any language that will foster understanding. Diagrams are also acceptable, as are audio and video recordings.

• Variations in the use of hyphens are not regarded as heretical. This is because languages differ in their use of that mark of punctuation, and because within any one language authors exhibit diverse practice. Hence no rigorous policy will be promulgated.

• Afterlife is a widely-used word, so this report inserts no hyphen. By contrast, Über-god is hyphenated because Übergod is scarcely attested (although the German equivalent Übergott does enjoy some currency).

• Contrast that infra-infra-infra-hell would be very difficult to figure out without hyphens (infrainfrainfrahell), while the hyphenless everyeveryeverything is moderately readable.

• Orthographical alternatives to eternal-er-er are eternalerer and eternallerrer.

• Some authors might prefer to use two capitals: Über-God. In a font that does not support umlauts, Ueber-God can be written.

• The interjection OMG! is often seen in electronic communications. For stronger effect, it can be extended into OMÜG!, OMܲG!, and OMܳG!; although something like OMÜÜÜG! might have greater visual impact.

• The use of small capitals in RECURSIVITISM is comparable to their use in LORD in some religious texts. This document writes RECURSIVITIST when it is an adjective for RECURSIVITISM; but Recursivitist when it is a noun referring to a follower. Some scribes will non-heterodoxically differ.

• From the extensive use of superscripts naturally arises the question of whether subscripts might have value; but no purpose for them is yet known. Superscripts that contain subscripts (Über^5₃god) or the reverse (Über_5³god) do have potential to convey great theological subtlety.

In a typographical context that does not support superscripts or subscripts, square brackets with slashes are an alternative:

• A superscript is preceded by [/ and followed by ]

• A subscript is preceded by [\ and followed by ]

For example, Über[/n+1]god = Überⁿ⁺¹god. Also, nesting is supported:

• pro[/pro[/pro]]phets = proproprophets

• Über[/5[\3]]god = Über53god

• Über[\5[/3]]god = Über53god

Parentheses may be helpful for clarity when the superscript or subscript is a fraction, as might be required in some advanced developments of RECURSIVITISM:

• Über[/(3⁄7)]god = Über(3⁄7)god

Being the one and only true, all-embracing, and perfect religion (as all religions are), RECURSIVITISM has garnered its share of misguided detractors, who in their disappointing parodies characterize it as woo, woo-woo or woo², woo³, et sequens to reflect the discouraging magnitude of the ill-aimed disdain arising from their regrettable ignorance. Devout and loyal defenders sometimes respond in kind by writing woo with a negative superscript, as woo⁻³. Other insensitive disparagements employed by the naysayers are pre²posterous, ab⁴surd, ortho⁻³dox, and con^∞voluted.

Because of the meaning of the prefix de-, it may not be appropriate to write deⁿfender to denote an especially vigorous defender; the same with deⁿvout. To replace those words, the terms subⁿ⁺¹porter = supⁿ⁺¹porter = subⁿsupporter and faith-fulⁿ⁺¹ are valid, with the obvious meanings.

A few denigrators go so far as to deprecate this very document as overⁿwrought, grieving its manuscribing proⁿphet inⁿ⁻¹immensely.