1. a person who believes that faith is the primary or only basis for religious knowledge, rather than reason or evidence
Usage: philosophy, theology

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of fideism or fideists
Usage: philosophy, theology

Examples

• The fideist argues that religious truth cannot be proven through logic alone.
• A fideist approach to faith emphasizes belief over intellectual argument.
• Medieval theologians were sometimes accused of being fideists for prioritizing revelation over reason.
• The fideist position holds that doubt and reason may actually undermine genuine faith.
• Critics of fideism claim that fideists abandon the use of human reason entirely.
• Some philosophers distinguish between moderate fideists and radical fideists based on how much reason they reject.