"deist" meaning in English

See deist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdeɪ.ɪst/, /ˈdiː.ɪst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Paul2520-deist.wav Forms: more deist [comparative], most deist [superlative], Deist [alternative], deïst [alternative, rare]
Rhymes: -iːɪst Etymology: From French déiste, from New Latin deista, from Latin Deus (“God”) + -ista (“-ist”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dyew-}}, {{bor|en|fr|déiste}} French déiste, {{der|en|la-new|deista}} New Latin deista, {{der|en|la|Deus||God}} Latin Deus (“God”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} deist (comparative more deist, superlative most deist)
  1. (religion) Of or relating to deism and deists. Synonyms: deistic, deistical Coordinate_terms: theist, ;, atheist, ;, see others at religious adherents Translations (of or relating to deism): deista (Catalan), deïstisch (Dutch), deistinen (Finnish), déiste (French), deistisch (German), देववादी (devvādī) (Hindi), deista (Italian), deistico (Italian), deistyczny (Polish), deísta (Spanish), deist (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-deist-en-adj-AH3UUrGq Categories (other): Religion Topics: lifestyle, religion

Noun

IPA: /ˈdeɪ.ɪst/, /ˈdiː.ɪst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Paul2520-deist.wav Forms: deists [plural], Deist [alternative], deïst [alternative, rare]
Rhymes: -iːɪst Etymology: From French déiste, from New Latin deista, from Latin Deus (“God”) + -ista (“-ist”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dyew-}}, {{bor|en|fr|déiste}} French déiste, {{der|en|la-new|deista}} New Latin deista, {{der|en|la|Deus||God}} Latin Deus (“God”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} deist (plural deists)
  1. (religion) A person who believes in deism. Derived forms: antideist, nondeist, deistic, deistical, deistically Coordinate_terms: theist, ;, atheist, ;, see others at religious adherents Translations (person who believes in deism): deista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), deïst [masculine] (Dutch), deisti (Finnish), déiste [feminine, masculine] (French), Deist (German), 이신론자 (isillonja) (alt: 理神論者) (Korean), deista [masculine] (Polish), deistka [feminine] (Polish), deísta [feminine] (Portuguese), деи́ст (deíst) (Russian), deísta [feminine] (Spanish), deist (Swedish), deist (Turkish), nhà thần luận (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-deist-en-noun-Q5uVRVnf Categories (other): Religion, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 22 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Topics: lifestyle, religion

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2018, Steven Pinker, “Chapter 1: Dare to Understand!; Chapter 2: Entro, Evo, Info”, in Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress, Penguin, →ISBN:",
          "text": "It was reason that led most of the Enlightenment thinkers to repudiate a belief in an anthropomorphic God who took an interest in human affairs.⁶ The application of reason revealed that reports of miracles were dubious, that the authors of holy books were all too human, that natural events unfolded with no regard to human welfare, and that different cultures believed in mutually incompatible deities, none of them less likely than the others to be products of the imagination. (As Montesquieu wrote, “If triangles had a god they would give him three sides.”) For all that, not all of the Enlightenment thinkers were atheists. Some were deists (as opposed to theists): they thought that God set the universe in motion and then stepped back, allowing it to unfold according to the laws of nature. Others were pantheists, who used “God” as a synonym for the laws of nature. But few appealed to the law-giving, miracle-conjuring, son-begetting God of scripture. […] Organisms are replete with improbable configurations of flesh like eyes, ears, hearts, and stomachs which cry out for an explanation. Before Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace provided one in 1859, it was reasonable to think they were the handiwork of a divine designer—one of the reasons, I suspect, that so many Enlightenment thinkers were deists rather than outright atheists. Darwin and Wallace made the designer unnecessary. […] before the concepts of information and computation were elucidated, it was reasonable for someone to be a mind-body dualist and attribute mental life to an immaterial soul (just as before the concept of evolution was elucidated, it was reasonable to be a creationist and attribute design in nature to a cosmic designer). That’s another reason, I suspect, that so many Enlightenment thinkers were deists.",
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      "sense": "of or relating to deism",
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      "sense": "person who believes in deism",
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      "sense": "person who believes in deism",
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      "sense": "person who believes in deism",
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      "sense": "person who believes in deism",
      "word": "Deist"
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      "word": "이신론자"
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      "sense": "person who believes in deism",
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      "word": "deistka"
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      "sense": "person who believes in deism",
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      "word": "deísta"
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      "sense": "person who believes in deism",
      "word": "деи́ст"
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      "sense": "person who believes in deism",
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      "sense": "person who believes in deism",
      "word": "nhà thần luận"
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