Word: deism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: de
ism
Definition: Belief in a god who ceased to intervene with existence after acting as the cause of the cosmos.
Morphemes:
Affix: deism
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Belief in a god who ceased to intervene with existence after acting as the cause of the cosmos.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: deus
Language: la
Decoded: deus
Meaning: god, deity
Affix: -ism
Language: en
Decoded: -ism
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the name of a system, school of thought or theory based on the name of its subject or object or alternatively on the name of its founder ( ).