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单词 deism
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deismn.

Brit. /ˈdeɪɪz(ə)m/, /ˈdiːɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈdiˌɪzəm/, /ˈdeɪˌɪzəm/
Etymology: modern < Latin deus god + -ism suffix. Compare French déisme (in Pascal a1660).
1. The distinctive doctrine or belief of a deist; usually, belief in the existence of a Supreme Being as the source of finite existence, with rejection of revelation and the supernatural doctrines of Christianity; ‘natural religion’.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > belief in God > [noun] > with denial of revelation
theism1678
deism1682
1682 J. Dryden Religio Laici Pref. sig. a2v That Deism, or the Principles of Natural Worship, are onely the faint remnants or dying flames of reveal'd Religion in the Posterity of Noah.
1696 R. Bentley Of Revel. & Messias 5 Modern Deism being the very same with old Philosophical Paganism.
1759 W. H. Dilworth Life of Pope 63 There breathes in this inscription [ens entium miserere mei] the genuine spirit of deism.
1777 J. W. Fletcher Doctr. Grace & Justice v. 32 Deism is the error of those, who..think that man..needs no Redeemer at all.
1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. 260 That decorous and philanthropic deism which is a growing peril of the age.
1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith i. 25 Deism should etymologically have the same sense with Theism, but it is commonly taken to carry with it the denial of what is called revealed religion. Theism conveys no such implication.
2. The condition of being a god or as God. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > state of being or divinity
godhoodeOE
godcundnessOE
drightnessc1175
godcundlaikc1175
Godnessa1225
godhead?c1225
godcundec1275
godcundheada1300
deityc1374
divinityc1374
divine1393
divineness1579
divinesse1594
divination1603
deism1726
superhumanity1792
superhuman1824
suprahumanitya1834
numinousness1932
numinosity1936
ground1945
1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil i. viii. 105 He [sc. the Devil] set her [sc. Eve's] Head a madding after Deism, and to be made a Goddess.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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