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Meaning of DEISM

Pronunciation:  'deeizum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation
 
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 Synonyms: free thought
 
 See Also: rationalism

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
Note: Deism is the belief in natural religion only, or those
      truths, in doctrine and practice, which man is to
      discover by the light of reason, independent of any
      revelation from God. Hence, deism implies infidelity,
      or a disbelief in the divine origin of the Scriptures.
 
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 Related Terms: acosmism, allotheism, anthropolatry, anthropomorphism, anthropotheism, autotheism, cosmotheism, ditheism, dualism, dyotheism, henotheism, hylotheism, monolatry, monotheism, multitheism, myriotheism, pantheism, physicomorphism, physitheism, polytheism, psychotheism, tetratheism, theism, theopantism, theriotheism, tritheism, zootheism
 

 

 

 

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