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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary de·ism USAGE often capitalized DATE 1682 : a movement or system of thought advocating natural religion, emphasizing morality, and in the 18th century denying the interference of the Creator with the laws of the universe English Etymology deism 1680s (deist is from 1620s), from Fr. déisme, from L. deus "god" (see Zeus). Until c.1700, opposed to atheism, in a sense where we would now use theism (see theist). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 deism deism / 5deiizEm; 5di:iz- / noun[U] belief in God, especially a God that created the universe but does not take part in it 自然神论,理神论(认为上帝创造世界后让其自然运行) • deist / 5deiist; 5di:ist / noun • de·is·tic / dei5istik; di:5i- / adj. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged de·ism \ˈdēˌizəm\ noun (-s) Usage: sometimes capitalized Etymology: French déisme, from Latin deus god + French -isme -ism — more at deity : a rationalistic movement of the 17th and 18th centuries whose adherents generally subscribed to a natural religion based on human reason and morality, on the belief in one God who after creating the world and the laws governing it refrained from interfering with the operation of those laws, and on the rejection of every kind of supernatural intervention in human affairs |
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