Meaning Of The Word Deism

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deism
uncountable noun: Deism is the belief that there is a God who made the world but does not influence human lives.

deism in American English
belief in the existence of a God on purely rational grounds without reliance on revelation or authority; esp., the 17th- and 18th-cent. doctrine that God created the world and its natural laws, but takes no further part in its functioning
noun: belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism)

deism in British English
noun: belief in the existence of God based solely on natural reason, without reference to revelation

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