deist

[dee-ist]

noun

1. a person who believes in deism.

Other Word Forms

• deistic adjective
• deistical adjective
• deistically adverb
• nondeist noun
• nondeistic adjective
• nondeistical adjective
• nondeistically adverb
• undeistical adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of deist¹

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

Example Sentences

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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