"theism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈθiː.ɪz.əm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-theism.wav [Southern-England] Forms: theisms [plural]
Etymology: Coined, theo- + -ism. ultimately from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”). Attested in English from 1678, theist being attested 16 years earlier in 1662. Cognate French théisme, as in Diderot Principes de la philosophie morale (1745), which was probably borrowed from English. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{suffix|en|theo-|-ism}} theo- + -ism, {{der|en|grc|θεός||god}} Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”), {{cog|fr|théisme}} French théisme Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} theism (countable and uncountable, plural theisms)
  1. Belief in the existence of at least one deity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (belief in existence of at least one deity): theïsme (Afrikaans), вяра в бог (vjara v bog) (Bulgarian), teisme [masculine] (Catalan), خواخوازی (xwaxwazî) (Central Kurdish), 有神論 (Chinese Mandarin), 有神论 (yǒushénlùn) (Chinese Mandarin), teismus [masculine] (Czech), teisme (Danish), theïsme [neuter] (Dutch), teismo (Esperanto), teism (Estonian), teismi (Finnish), théisme [masculine] (French), Theismus [masculine] (German), θεϊσμός (theïsmós) [masculine] (Greek), teizmus (Hungarian), teismo (Ido), 有神論 (yūshinron) (alt: ゆうしんろん) (Japanese), ទេវនិយម (teivea’ ni’yum) (Khmer), 유신론 (yusinnon) (alt: 有神論) (Korean), theismus [masculine] (Latin), आस्तिकता (āstiktā) [feminine] (Marathi), teisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), teisme [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), teïsme [masculine] (Occitan), teizm [masculine] (Polish), teísmo [masculine] (Portuguese), teism [neuter] (Romanian), теи́зм (teízm) [masculine] (Russian), теѝзам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), teìzam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), teísmo [masculine] (Spanish), teism [common-gender] (Swedish), เทวนิยม (Thai), tanrıcılık (Turkish), teizm (Turkish), خدا پرستی (xudâ parasti) (Urdu), thuyết có thần (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-theism-en-noun-PwJW2xuJ Disambiguation of 'belief in existence of at least one deity': 74 26
  2. (strictly) Belief in the existence of a personal creator god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses present and active in the governance and organization of the world and the universe. The God may be known by or through revelation. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Religion Translations (belief in the existence of a personal, present and active creator God): teismi (Finnish), θεϊσμός (theïsmós) [masculine] (Greek), teizmus (Hungarian), teizm [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-theism-en-noun-8NqbvS~6 Disambiguation of Religion: 44 56 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 60 38 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 70 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 71 25 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 4 70 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 6 94 Disambiguation of 'belief in the existence of a personal, present and active creator God': 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /ˈtiː.ɪz.əm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-theism2.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Borrowing from New Latin thea (“tea”, noun) + English -ism. Etymology templates: {{der|en|NL.|thea||tea|pos=n}} New Latin thea (“tea”, noun), {{cog|en|-ism}} English -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} theism (uncountable)
  1. A morbid condition resulting from excessive consumption of tea. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Pathology Synonyms: theaism, theinism
    Sense id: en-theism-en-noun-en:pathology Disambiguation of Pathology: 0 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "path": [
    "theism"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "theism",
  "trace": ""
}

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