deist
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- deistic adjective
- deistical adjective
- deistically adverb
- nondeist noun
- nondeistic adjective
- nondeistical adjective
- nondeistically adverb
- undeistical adjective
Etymology
Origin of deist
1555–65; < Middle French déiste < Latin de ( us ) god + French -iste -ist
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.
From Salon
“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.”
From Seattle Times
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.
From Seattle Times
“Let’s start with the fact the majority of our founding fathers were deists.”
From Washington Times
Most of them are these vague references to a kind of deist God.
From Salon
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