Deist

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deist \De"ist\ (d[=e]"[i^]st), n. [L. deus god: cf. F.
     d['e]iste. See {Deity}.]
     One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies
     revealed religion; a freethinker.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     Note: A deist, as denying a revelation, is opposed to a
           Christian; as, opposed to the denier of a God, whether
           {atheist} or {pantheist}, a deist is generally
           denominated {theist}. --Latham.
  
     Syn: See {Infidel}. Deistic

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deist
       n : a person who believes that God created the universe and then
           abandoned it [syn: {freethinker}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "deist":
     allotheist, anthropolater, anthropotheist, autotheist, cosmotheist,
     ditheist, dualist, henotheist, hylotheist, monotheist, multitheist,
     myriotheist, pantheist, physitheist, polytheist, psychotheist,
     tetratheist, theist, theriotheist, tritheist, zootheist