deism

• n. 自然神論

dei-, 神, 語源的には神と同じ。

deism (n.)

1680s (deist is from 1620s), from French déisme, from Latin deus "god" (see Zeus). Until c. 1700, opposed to atheism; later as the opposite of theism (q.v.).

1. We must realize，however，that European Deism never took root in America.

しかし、ヨーロッパの自然神論が米国に根を下ろしたことはないことを理解しなければならない。