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deism

de·ism [ d ìzzəm ]

noun

Definition:

rational belief in God: a belief in God based on reason rather than revelation and involving the view that God has set the universe in motion but does not interfere with how it runs. Deism was especially influential in the 17th and 18th centuries.

[Late 17th century. < Latin deus "god"]

de·ist noun

de·is·tic [ dee ístik ] adjective

de·is·ti·cal·ly [ dee ístikəlee ] adverb

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