ALL meanings of deism
de·ism
D d - uncountable noun deism Deism is the belief that there is a God who made the world but does not influence human lives. 3
- noun deism belief in the existence of God based solely on natural reason, without reference to revelation 3
- noun deism 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 3
- noun deism belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism). 1
- noun deism belief in a God who created the world but has since remained indifferent to it. 1
- noun deism Belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe. The term is used chiefly of an intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries that accepted the existence of a creator on the basis of reason but rejected belief in a supernatural deity who interacts with humankind. 1
- noun deism A philosophical belief in the existence of a god (or goddess) knowable through human reason; especially, a belief in a creator god unaccompanied by any belief in supernatural phenomena or specific religious doctrines. 0