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deism Definition

de·ism (iz′əm)

noun

belief in the existence of a God on purely rational grounds without reliance on revelation or authority; esp., the 17th- and 18th-cent. doctrine that God created the world and its natural laws, but takes no further part in its functioning

Etymology: Fr déisme < L deus, god

deism Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • mention: Failure to mention Deism when applying to join can lead to refusal.

Adjective modifier

  • pure: It is no very difficult matter, indeed, to get up a theory of pure Deism.
  • modern: That is one possibility for trying to find a middle way between Wiles modern deism and White's theological determinism.

Noun used with modifier

  • century: Darwin's achievement was to have destroyed so called ' natural religion ' , which was something like 18 th century deism.

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