fideism

(fē′dā iz′əm, fī′dē-)

noun

the view that everything that can be known with certainty about God or divine things is known only or primarily by faith and never by reason alone

Origin: ModL fideismus < L fides, faith + -ismus, -ism

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See fideism in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Reliance on faith alone rather than scientific reasoning or philosophy in questions of religion.

Origin:

Origin: Probably from French fidéïsme

Origin: , from Latin fidēs, faith; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots

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