"deism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdiːɪz(ə)m/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdeɪ-/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-uk-deism.ogg [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: deisms [plural]
Etymology: From French déisme, from Latin deus (“god, deity”) + -ism. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dyew-}}, {{bor|en|fr|déisme}} French déisme, {{af|en|deus|-ism|lang1=la|t1=god, deity}} Latin deus (“god, deity”) + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} 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. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-deism-en-noun-32S23HKz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 46 54
  2. Belief in a god who ceased to intervene with existence after acting as the cause of the cosmos. Tags: uncountable, usually Coordinate_terms (religions): religion
    Sense id: en-deism-en-noun-CqlTL~ke Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'religions': 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Deism Derived forms: deist, deistic, deistical, deistically, deists, moralistic therapeutic deism, pandeism, panendeism, polydeism Related terms: clockwork universe, theism Translations (belief): رُبُوبِيَّة (rubūbiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), لَادِينِيَّة (lādīniyya) [feminine] (Arabic), деизъм (deizǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), deisme [masculine] (Catalan), خواباوەڕی (xwabawerrî) (Central Kurdish), 自然神論 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 自然神论 (chū-jiân-sîn-lūn, chū-liân-sîn-lūn) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 理神論 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 理神论 (lí-sîn-lūn) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 自然神論 (Chinese Cantonese), 自然神论 (zi⁶ jin⁴ san⁴ leon⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 自然神論 (Chinese Mandarin), 自然神论 (zìránshénlùn) (Chinese Mandarin), deismus [masculine] (Czech), deisme (Danish), deïsme [neuter] (Dutch), diismo (Esperanto), deism (Estonian), deismi (Finnish), déisme [masculine] (French), დეიზმი (deizmi) (Georgian), Deismus [masculine] (German), ντεϊσμός (nteïsmós) [masculine] (Greek), דאיזם (deizm) (Hebrew), deizmus (Hungarian), frumgyðistrú (Icelandic), deismo (Ido), deisme (Indonesian), dias [masculine] (Irish), deismo [masculine] (Italian), 理神論 (rishinron) (alt: りしんろん) (Japanese), ទេពនិយម (teip ni’yum) (Khmer), 자연신론 (jayeonsillon) (alt: 自然神論) (Korean), 이신론 (isillon) (alt: 理神論) (Korean), deizm [masculine] (Polish), deísmo [masculine] (Portuguese), deism (Romanian), деи́зм (deízm) [masculine] (Russian), deizam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), deísmo [masculine] (Spanish), deism [common-gender] (Swedish), เทวัสนิยม (Thai), deizm (Turkish), yaradancılık (Turkish), деїзм (dejizm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ربوبیت (rabobiyat) [feminine] (Urdu)

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      "roman": "rishinron",
      "sense": "belief",
      "word": "理神論"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "teip ni’yum",
      "sense": "belief",
      "word": "ទេពនិយម"
    },
    {
      "alt": "自然神論",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jayeonsillon",
      "sense": "belief",
      "word": "자연신론"
    },
    {
      "alt": "理神論",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "isillon",
      "sense": "belief",
      "word": "이신론"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "xwabawerrî",
      "sense": "belief",
      "word": "خواباوەڕی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "deizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "deísmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "belief",
      "word": "deism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "deízm",
      "sense": "belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "деи́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "deizam"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "deísmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "belief",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "deism"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "belief",
      "word": "เทวัสนิยม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "belief",
      "word": "deizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "belief",
      "word": "yaradancılık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dejizm",
      "sense": "belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "деїзм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "rabobiyat",
      "sense": "belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ربوبیت"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "deism"
  ],
  "word": "deism"
}

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