deism

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/ˈdeɪ-/ English

Definitions

noun

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

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Synonyms

free thought deistic evolutionism antidisestablishmentarianism moralistic therapeutic deism edwardsianism decretalism edwardeanism deistic evolutionist dissentism daensism revelationism deweyite dereism decelerationism spiritualist divine right

Associated

deist deistic pantheism panentheism theism agnosticism atheism polytheism rationalism humanism secularism paine

Rhymes

seism theism absenteeism

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