Etymology

deism

de·i·sm
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Today it means: A religious philosophy and movement prominent in 17th-18th-century England, France, and what is now the United States which rejected supernatural events such as prophecy and miracles, divine revelation, and holy books or revealed religions that assert such things exist. Full definition →

French déisme
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  1. French · borrowed fromdéisme
  2. English todaydeism

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

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