- fideistic
- adjective see fideism
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
fideistic
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fideistic — adjective Pertaining to fideism … Wiktionary
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fideistic — fi·de·is·tic … English syllables
fideistic — adjective see fideism * * * fideistˈic adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑fideism … Useful english dictionary
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Religion (Philosophies of) — Philosophies of religion Marcel, Jaspers, Levinas William Desmond Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973), Karl Jaspers (1883–1969) and Emmanuel Levinas (1906–) seem like a mere aggregate of thinkers. Jaspers, a German thinker who coined the phrase Existenz… … History of philosophy
fideism — noun Etymology: probably from French fidéisme, from Latin fides Date: 1885 reliance on faith rather than reason in pursuit of religious truth • fideist noun • fideistic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
