Meaning of DEIST
| Pronunciation: | | 'deeist
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| | Definition: | | [n] a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it |
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| | Synonyms: | | freethinker |
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| | See Also: | | nonreligious person | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | allotheist, anthropolater, anthropotheist, autotheist, cosmotheist, ditheist, dualist, henotheist, hylotheist, monotheist, multitheist, myriotheist, pantheist, physitheist, polytheist, psychotheist, tetratheist, theist, theriotheist, tritheist, zootheist |
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