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deist - 3 dictionary results

de⋅ist

[dee-ist]
–noun
a person who believes in deism.

Origin:
1555–65; < MF déiste < L de(us) god + F -iste -ist


de⋅is⋅tic, de⋅is⋅ti⋅cal, adjective
de⋅is⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
de·ism   (dē'ĭz'əm, dā'-)   
n.  The belief, based solely on reason, in a God who created the universe and then abandoned it, assuming no control over life, exerting no influence on natural phenomena, and giving no supernatural revelation.

[French déisme, from Latin deus, god; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots.]
de'ist n., de·is'tic adj., de·is'ti·cal·ly adv.

Deist

De"ist\ (d[=e]"[i^]st), n. [L. deus god: cf. F. d['e]iste. See Deity.] One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion; a freethinker.

Note: A deist, as denying a revelation, is opposed to a Christian; as, opposed to the denier of a God, whether atheist or pantheist, a deist is generally denominated theist. --Latham.

Syn: See Infidel.
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