deism

deism

See also: Deism

English

Alternative forms

• Deism

Etymology

From French déisme, from Latin deus (“god, deity”) +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːɪz(ə)m/, /ˈdeɪ-/

• Audio (RP)

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• Hyphenation: de‧i‧sm

Noun

deism (usually uncountable, plural deisms)

1. A philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable through human reason; especially, a belief in a creator god unaccompanied by any belief in supernatural phenomena or specific religious doctrines.
   • 1682, John Dryden, Religio Laici, Or A Layman's Faith:

     If my supposition be true, then the consequence which I have assumed in my Poem may be also true; namely, that Deism, or the principles of natural worship, are only the faint remnants or dying flames of reveal'd religion in the posterity of Noah.

   • 1847, Julius Charles Hare & Augustus William Hare, Guesses at Truth, p.39:

     As the Epicureans had a Deism without a God, so the Unitarians have a Christianity without a Christ, and a Jesus but no Saviour.

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, page 786:

     In place of the idea which runs through the Tanakh and New Testament of a God intimately involved with his creation and providentially repeatedly intervening in it, there was the concept of a God who had certainly created the world and set up its laws in structures understandable by human reason, but who after that allowed it to go its own way, precisely because reason was one of his chief gifts to humanity, and order a gift to his creation. This was the approach to divinity known as deism.

2. Belief in a god who ceased to intervene with existence after acting as the cause of the cosmos.

Usage notes

The word is often capitalized when referring to the rise of such beliefs in 17th and 18th century Europe and America.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:deism.

Coordinate terms

• (religions) religion; agnosticism,‎ Asatru,‎ atheism,‎ Ayyavazhi,‎ Baháʼí Faith,‎ Bon,‎ Buddhism,‎ Cao Dai,‎ Cheondoism,‎ Christianity,‎ deism,‎ Druidry,‎ Druze,‎ Eckankar,‎ Heathenry,‎ Hinduism,‎ Islam,‎ Jainism,‎ Jediism,‎ Judaism,‎ Kimbanguism,‎ Odinism,‎ paganism,‎ Pastafarianism,‎ Raëlism,‎ Rastafarianism,‎ Rodnovery,‎ Romuva,‎ Samaritanism,‎ Sanamahism,‎ Shinto,‎ Sikhism,‎ Taoism,‎ Thelema,‎ Unitarian Universalism,‎ Wicca,‎ Yahwism,‎ Yazidism,‎ Yoruba,‎ Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

Derived terms

• deist
• deistic
• deistical
• deistically
• deists
• moralistic therapeutic deism
• pandeism
• panendeism
• polydeism

 

Translations

belief

Bulgarian: деизъм m (deizǎm) Catalan: deisme m Chinese: Cantonese: 自然神論, 自然神论 (zi6 jin4 san4 leon6) Mandarin: 自然神論／自然神论 (zh) (zìránshénlùn), (please verify) 理神論／理神论 (zh) (lǐshēnlùn) Min Nan: 自然神論, 自然神论 (chū-jiân-sîn-lūn, chū-liân-sîn-lūn), 理神論, 理神论 (lí-sîn-lūn) Czech: deismus m Danish: deisme (da) Dutch: deïsme (nl) n Esperanto: diismo Estonian: deism (et) Finnish: deismi (fi) French: déisme (fr) m Georgian: დეიზმი (deizmi) German: Deismus (de) m Greek: ντεϊσμός (el) m (deïsmós), ντεϊσμός (el) m (deïsmós) Hebrew: דאיזם‎ (deizm) Hungarian: deizmus (hu) Icelandic: frumgyðistrú Ido: deismo (io) Indonesian: deisme (id) Irish: dias m Italian: deismo (it) m Khmer: ទេពនិយម (teip ni’yum) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: خواباوەڕی‎ (xwabawerrî) Polish: deizm (pl) m Portuguese: deísmo (pt) m Romanian: deism (ro) Russian: деи́зм (ru) m (deízm) Serbo-Croatian: deizam (sh) m Spanish: deísmo (es) m Swedish: deism (sv) c Thai: เทวัสนิยม (th) Turkish: deizm (tr), yaradancılık (tr) Ukrainian: деїзм m (dejizm) Urdu: ربوبیت‎ f (rabobiyat)

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Afrikaans: (please verify) deïsme Arabic: (please verify) رُبُوبِيَّة‎ f (rubūbiyya) Japanese: (please verify) 理神論 (りしんろん, rishinron) Korean: (please verify) 이신론(理神論) (ko) (isillon) Norwegian: (please verify) deisme (no) Turkish: (please verify) deizm (tr) m

See also

• clockwork universe
• theism

Anagrams

• Diems, demis, dimes, disme

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Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

deism (genitive deismi, partitive deismi)

1. deism

Inflection

Declension of deism (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	deism	deismid
genitive	deismi	deismide
partitive	deismi	deisme / deismisid
illative	deismi / deismisse	deismidesse / deismesse
inessive	deismis	deismides / deismes
elative	deismist	deismidest / deismest
allative	deismile	deismidele / deismele
adessive	deismil	deismidel / deismel
ablative	deismilt	deismidelt / deismelt
translative	deismiks	deismideks / deismeks
terminative	deismini	deismideni
essive	deismina	deismidena
abessive	deismita	deismideta
comitative	deismiga	deismidega

Further reading

• deism in Sõnaveeb

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French déisme.

Noun

deism n (uncountable)

1. deism

Declension

declension of deism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) deism	deismul
genitive/dative	(unui) deism	deismului
vocative	deismule

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Swedish

Noun

deism c

1. deism

Declension

Declension of deism
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	deism	deismen	deismer	deismerna
Genitive	deisms	deismens	deismers	deismernas

Anagrams

• Medis