Noun: theism
| Singular | theism |
| Plural | theisms |
Sample Sentences
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The term stands in contradistinction to theism which, in its widest sense, means belief in a personal god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses. [1999, Jeaneane D. Fowler, Humanism: Beliefs & Practices, page 66]
Nouns inflected like theism
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
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. See: Ancient Greek Nouns '
θεός', French Nouns '
théisme'.
Verbs referencing "theism"
Polish Nouns
teizm, French Nouns
théisme, Finnish Nouns
teismi.