deist

名詞

UK/ˈdeɪ.ɪst/
US/ˈdiː.ɪst/

定義 deist 名詞

  1. Countablereligion

    A person who believes in a single God that created the universe but does not intervene in its affairs.

    • Many intellectuals of the Enlightenment era were deists.

    • Deists posit that God created the universe and then withdrew from it.

    • As a deist, he put his faith in reason and observation rather than religious dogma.

形容詞

UK/ˈdeɪ.ɪst/
US/ˈdiː.ɪst/

定義 deist 形容詞

  1. Characterized by a belief in a single God who created the universe but does not intervene in its affairs.

    • His writings have a deist tone, emphasizing reason and natural law.

    • Many writers of that period held deist views.

    • They examined traditional religions from a deist perspective.