deism 
deism
Definition
de·ism (dē′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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