deism

See also: Deism

English

Alternative forms

• Deism

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Received Pronunciation):

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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.

   Hypernym: theism

   • 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, page 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, published 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,‎ Tengrism,‎ 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

• Arabic: رُبُوبِيَّة f (rubūbiyya), لَادِينِيَّة f (lādīniyya)
• Bulgarian: деизъм m (deizǎm)
• Catalan: deisme m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 自然神論 / 自然神论 (zi⁶ jin⁴ san⁴ leon⁶)

  Hokkien: 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)

  Mandarin: 自然神論 / 自然神论 (zh) (zìránshénlùn), ^{(please verify)} 理神論 / 理神论 (zh) (lǐshēnlùn)

• 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 (nteïsmós), ντεϊσμός (el) m (nteïsmós)
• Hebrew: דאיזם (deizm)
• Hindi: देववाद (hi) m (devvād)
• Hungarian: deizmus (hu)
• Icelandic: frumgyðistrú
• Ido: deismo (io)
• Indonesian: deisme (id)
• Irish: dias m
• Italian: deismo (it) m
• Japanese: 理神論 (りしんろん, rishinron)
• Khmer: ទេពនិយម (teip ni’yum)
• Korean: 자연신론(自然神論) (jayeonsillon), 이신론(理神論) (ko) (isillon)
• 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)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} deïsme
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} deisme (no)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} deizm (tr) m

See also

• clockwork universe
• clockmaker
• watchmaker

Anagrams

• Diems, demis, dimes, disme

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 (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		deism	deismid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	deismi
genitive			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 (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French déisme.

Noun

deism n (uncountable)

1. deism

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	deism	deismul
genitive-dative	deism	deismului
vocative	deismule

Swedish

Noun

deism c

1. deism

Declension

Declension of deism

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	deism	deisms
	definite	deismen	deismens
plural	indefinite	deismer	deismers
	definite	deismerna	deismernas

Anagrams

• Medis