How do you use Deism in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like rationalism, plus the exact meaning.
Deism in a sentence
Deism meaning
- 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.
- Alternative letter-case form of deism.
Synonyms of Deism
Deism vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Deism
- The main meaning on this page is: 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. | Alternative letter-case form of deism.
- Useful related words include: free thought, rationalism.
- Possible Dutch translations are: deïsme.
- In the example corpus, deism often appears in combinations such as: of deism, deism was, deism in.
Context around Deism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Deism
- In this selection, "deism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, english, innatist, empiricist, covers, boldly and polytheism stand out and add context to how "deism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a rationalist deism similar to and and freethinking deism was one. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "deism" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with deism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Innatist deism was replaced by empiricist deism. (7 words)
Kant 's identification with deism is controversial. (7 words)
Deism, on the other hand, is a very interesting trap. (10 words)
Other Deists were to follow his lead." citation Deism in Britain John Locke The publication of John Locke 's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689, but dated 1690) marks a major turning point in the history of deism. (38 words)
In 2010, the Church of Deism was formed in an effort to extend the legal rights and privileges of more traditional religions to Deists while maintaining an absence of established dogma and ritual. (33 words)
Les tables tournantes de Jersey. main Extracts from meeting minutes published by Gustave Simon main in 1923 and in later years settled into a rationalist deism similar to that espoused by Voltaire main. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Features of deism The concept of deism covers a wide variety of positions on a wide variety of religious issues.
Innatist deism was replaced by empiricist deism.
Other Deists were to follow his lead." citation Deism in Britain John Locke The publication of John Locke 's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689, but dated 1690) marks a major turning point in the history of deism.
Regarding Kant’s conception of religion, some critics have highlighted his deism, for example Peter Byrne, who wrote about Kant’s precise relationship with deism.
It is time for Catholics to repent of our bland deism, boldly proclaim Jesus Christ and his Church, and call our brothers and sisters home.
Nature worship is often considered the primitive source of modern religious beliefs and can be found in pantheism, panentheism, deism, polytheism, animism, Taoism, totemism, Hinduism, shamanism, some theism and paganism.
Deism, on the other hand, is a very interesting trap.
Because deism asserts the existence of God without accepting claims of divine revelation, it appeals to people from both ends of the religious spectrum.
Commentators have suggested a variety of reasons for the decline of classical deism.
David Hume David Hume The writings of David Hume are sometimes credited with causing or contributing to the decline of deism.
Defining the essence of English deism is a formidable task.
English deism, however, was already in decline before Hume's works on religion (1757,1779) were published.
Foner also maintains that with The Age of Reason Paine "gave deism a new, aggressive, explicitly anti-Christian tone".
In 2010, the Church of Deism was formed in an effort to extend the legal rights and privileges of more traditional religions to Deists while maintaining an absence of established dogma and ritual.
Instead, Deism holds that religious beliefs must be founded on human reason and observed features of the natural world, and that these sources reveal the existence of a supreme being as creator.
It split from Deism.com to promote more traditional and historical Deist beliefs and history.
It was not until the publication of Paine's more entertaining and popular work that deism reached into the middling and lower classes in America.
Kant 's identification with deism is controversial.
Les tables tournantes de Jersey. main Extracts from meeting minutes published by Gustave Simon main in 1923 and in later years settled into a rationalist deism similar to that espoused by Voltaire main.
Like priestcraft, atheism, and freethinking, deism was one of the dirty words of the age.
Common combinations with deism
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of deism 8×
- deism was 3×
- deism in 2×
- with deism 2×
- english deism 2×
- deism is 2×
- deism and 2×