deism
1Deism — • Historical survey and critique Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Deism Deism † Cath …
2deism — DEÍSM s.n. Credinţă în existenţa lui Dumnezeu (fără recunoaşterea revelaţiilor). – Din fr. déisme. Trimis de laurap, 20.04.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 Deism ≠ ateism Trimis de siveco, 03.08.2004. Sursa: Antonime deísm s. n. Trimis de siveco,… …
3deism — Deism is the doctrine that, while a divine being exists, it is neither personal nor interested in the world it has created. Deism thus involves the denial of revelation, providence, miracles and (frequently) divine conservation. It arose in… …
4Deism — De ism (d[=e] [i^]z m), n. [L. deus god: cf. F. d[ e]isme. See {Deity}.] The doctrine or creed of a deist; the belief or system of those who acknowledge the existence of one God, but deny revelation. [1913 Webster] Note: Deism is the belief in… …
5deism — 1680s (deist is from 1620s), from Fr. déisme, from L. deus god (see ZEUS (Cf. Zeus)). Until c.1700, opposed to ATHEISM (Cf. atheism), in a sense where we now would use theism (see THEIST (Cf. theist)) …
6deism — ► NOUN ▪ belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe. Compare with THEISM(Cf. ↑theistic). DERIVATIVES deist noun deistic adjective …
7deism — [dē′iz΄əm] n. [Fr déisme < L deus, god] 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… …
8Deism — For other uses, see Deism (disambiguation). Part of a series on God General c …
9deism — /dee iz euhm/, n. 1. belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism). 2. belief in a God who created the world but has since remained indifferent to …
10Deism — the view that reason, rather than revelation or tradition, should be the basis of belief in God. Deists reject both organized and revealed religion and maintain that reason is the essential element in all knowledge. For a rational basis for… …
