Definitions for deisms

deisms de·ism

Spelling: [dee-iz-uh m]
IPA: /ˈdi ɪz əm/

Deisms is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 97 anagrams from letters in deisms (deimss).

Definitions for deisms

noun

  1. belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism).
  2. belief in a God who created the world but has since remained indifferent to it.

Origin of deisms

1675-85; French déisme Latin de(us) god + French -isme -ism

Examples for deisms

One could never draw from them what had never existed in them,—deism or instruction.

With such a persuasion, deism would be a more consistent creed.

Their system was deism; that is, the belief in one only God.

He made loud professions of deism, and of devotion to Paine.

deism is the belief in a supreme being who is a creator who does not intervene in the universe.

How different is this to the pure and simple profession of deism!

The xvii and xviii centuries saw the rise and progress of deism.

For many years this gentleman had been distinguished for deism.

Indeed, just last week, a cluster of polls showed that deism is on the upswing in America.

This is what deism forgets, with its habits of intemperate affirmation.

Word Value for deisms
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8

Words with friends

9

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