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deist

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for deist.

Editorial note

Buddhism can probably (?) coexist with many deist religions, but few of them can coexist with each other.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A surname from German.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of deist gathered in one view.

noun

A surname from German.

noun

Alternative spelling of deist. [(religion) a person who believes in deism.]

noun

(religion) a person who believes in deism.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for deist.

noun

A surname from German.

noun

Alternative spelling of deist. [(religion) a person who believes in deism.]

noun

(religion) a person who believes in deism.

adjective

(religion) of or relating to deism.

Example sentences

1

Buddhism can probably (?) coexist with many deist religions, but few of them can coexist with each other.

2

Another ad hominem, just like you calling anyone who talks about the chinese room thought experiment a deist?

3

A God which is far removed from the deist human like entity you think muslims and christians believe in.

4

A deist would say that humans inherently have those rights (from God), but that human governments and societies have illegitimately suppressed them.

5

The best you will be able to do is to speculate that one might have been Deist a very long time ago.

6

Is this a Deist sort of creationism, or are you closer to biblical literalism?

7

I'm not much of anything, but if you had to pigeon-hole me, I'll take agnostic pantheistic deist.

8

The theist can opt to be a mere deist, and to say that the magnificence of the natural order strongly implies an ordering force.

9

The author wasn't even particularly religious, though he hinted at deist tendencies.

10

I found solace in the Jap Ji Sahib [1], viewing it from a deist perspective.

11

Unless you're a deist, ontological arguments are practically useless.

12

I suppose when I was Christian I was probably a deist.

Quote examples

1

Whether or not you've romanticized, "Deist" no longer seems to be a position "mainstream" politicians can admit to.

2

Think of the Deist philosophy of the 18th century: that of God as a "clockmaker," who wound up the universe and then left it to tick.

3

Thomas Jefferson was removed from history textbook and replaced with Thomas Aquinas and John Calvin because he was a Deist and coined "Separation of Church and State".

4

I was raised somewhere between theist and deist, with only the belief that there is some "God" and if you're good you go to Heaven, otherwise Hell.

Proper noun examples

1

Deist - the latest physics makes the universe reek of being a programmer's hackjob.

2

Deist might be a more useful alternate choice than Agnostic then.

3

Thomas Jefferson was an unchurched Deist.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use deist in a sentence?

Buddhism can probably (?) coexist with many deist religions, but few of them can coexist with each other.

What does deist mean?

A surname from German.

What part of speech is deist?

deist is commonly used as noun, adjective.