fideist
- noun
- /ˈfɪdiɪst/
- Specialized
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fideísta
- Even though Daniel Odell's early work on Young's use of Cambridge Platonism recognized a central intellectual current of his Counter-Enlightenment thought, Odell has more recently challenged the characterization of Young as a fideist who ultimately rejected natural reason and analogy.
Examples
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There are religious fideists of various faiths who hold that moral truths cannot be known apart from God's special revelation.
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The philosopher argued that the views of a fideist highlight the limits of rational thought when it comes to spirituality.
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"Again, this anti-intellectual fideist nonsense is written in a book called "Reasonable Faith"!
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Many religious leaders consider a fideist approach essential for understanding faith beyond human reason.
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As a fideist, she believes that faith can provide answers that logic cannot.
Synonyms
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A person who accepts something as true and often supports it, for example a religion or idea
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A person who strongly follows and practices a religion
A person who opposes using reason to form beliefs or make decisions
A person who does not base beliefs only on reason and values feeling and faith
A person who prefers feelings or faith over logic
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
fideist = fideism (semi-transparent) = fide + ism + ist
The formation from fideism to fideist is regular and easy to parse, but the learned base fideism itself is not transparent to most learners.
Etymology
The word fideist comes from the Latin fides meaning 'faith', and you can see the same root in English words like faith, fidelity, and confide, all about trust. So a fideist is someone who trusts 'faith' more than reason or proof.