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fideist

Variant of fideism

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

Related Forms:

fideist noun
fideistic adjective

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