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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) + -ist.
Pronunciation
Noun
theist (plural theists)
- One who believes in the existence of a god or gods.
- 1999, Jeaneane D. Fowler, Humanism: Beliefs & Practices, page 66
- The term stands in contradistinction to theism which, in its widest sense, means belief in a personal god, goddess, gods and /or goddesses.
1764, Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary:The theist is a man firmly persuaded of the existence of a Supreme Being as good as He is powerful, who has formed all beings with extension, vegetating, sentient and reflecting; who perpetuates their species, who punishes crimes without cruelty, and rewards virtuous actions with kindness.
1854, Theodore Parker, “Speculative Atheism”, in W. J. Linton, editors, The English Republic, volume 3, page 205:[…] and I call him a theist who believes in any God.
1870, John Henry Newman, An Essay in aid of a Grammar of Assent, page 119:No one is to be called a Theist, who does not believe in a Personal God, whatever difficulty there may be in defining the word "Personal."
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Further reading
- “theist”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Old High German
Contraction
theist
- Contraction of thaz ist.