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Deist

Deist Meaning & Definition
Deist Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deist?

[n] a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it

Synonyms | Synonyms for Deist: freethinker

Related Terms | Find terms related to Deist: allotheist | anthropolater | anthropotheist | autotheist | cosmotheist | ditheist | dualist | henotheist | hylotheist | monotheist | multitheist | myriotheist | pantheist | physitheist | polytheist | psychotheist | tetratheist | theist | theriotheist | tritheist | zootheist

See Also | nonreligious person

Deist In Webster's Dictionary

\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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