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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
fideism
 
SYLLABICATION:fi·de·ism
PRONUNCIATION:  fd-z-m, fd-
NOUN: Reliance on faith alone rather than scientific reasoning or philosophy in questions of religion.
ETYMOLOGY:Probably from French fidéïsme, from Latin fids, faith. See bheidh- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:fide·ist —NOUN
fide·istic —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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