Noun: theist
| Singular | theist |
| Plural | theists |
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]
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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. [1764, Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary:]
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[…] and I call him a theist who believes in any God. [1854, Theodore Parker, “Speculative Atheism”, in W. J. Linton, editors, The English Republic, volume 3, page 205:]
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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." [1870, John Henry Newman, An Essay in aid of a Grammar of Assent, page 119:]
Nouns inflected like theist
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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
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-s
4. Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s
5. Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁sós
6. Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *dʰehós
7. Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós
8. Ancient Greek θεός (theós)
9. Proto-Indo-European *-id-
10. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
11. Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
12. Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
13. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
14. Proto-Hellenic *-tās
15. Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
16. Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
17. Latin -istader.
18. Old French -istebor.
19. Middle English -ist
20. English -ist
21. English theist
22. From Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) + English -ist.
Verbs referencing "theist"
Polish Nouns
teista.