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deist

[dee-ist]

noun

  1. a person who believes in deism.



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Other Word Forms

  • deistic adjective
  • deistical adjective
  • deistically adverb
  • nondeist noun
  • nondeistic adjective
  • nondeistical adjective
  • nondeistically adverb
  • undeistical adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of deist1

1555–65; < Middle French éٱ < Latin de ( us ) god + French -iste -ist
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Example Sentences

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Among modern-day atheists, agnostics and deists alike, stories often emerge of late-arriving regrets, both over a dying person's treatment of others and their treatment of themselves.

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“Some were deists, some were atheists, but the majority were Christians. I’m also not saying that non-Christians shouldn’t have the same rights as Christians in our country.”

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References to the Creator and Nature’s God in the Declaration reflect a general theism that could be acceptable to Christians, Unitarians, deists and others.

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Neil Armstrong, though he considered himself a deist, was nonetheless looked up to as a Christian role model who fulfilled a divine promise that humanity would someday reach the stars.

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“Let’s start with the fact the majority of our founding fathers were deists.”

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