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deistic

deistic

1 9.7
A belief that God made the world but does not act in it
  • adjective
  • /diˈɪstɪk/
translation icon : deísta
  • The Pope does not constrain science, nor should science organizations limit religion to its most deistic and non-overlapping forms.
  • deistic center
  • deistic god

He then says that this has to be transcendent and deistic.

Examples

  • Weber saw in both ascetic Protestantism and Deistic reason the roots of those natural and self-evident rights upon which the modern world order is based.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The only possible exception is the concept of a deistic god.

    Blog text (26)

  • Some believe in God in a deistic or pantheistic way.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Most of these have a view that could be called deistic or agnostic; they concede at least the remotely possible existence of a deity or deity-like creator, but they believe that this entity has no connection with us.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Any argument you muster against the plausibility of His existence, any points you make about the contradictions inherent in a God both deistic and revelatory, simply won't cut ice with true believers.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Many Founding Fathers of the United States were influenced by deistic ideas in shaping their beliefs about government.

  • The philosopher's writings reflect a deistic view, emphasizing reason and nature as pathways to understanding the divine.

  • In discussions of religion, some people advocate for a deistic approach, proposing that God created the universe but does not intervene in it.

Synonyms

deistical
vsdeistic
  • Archaic
9.9

Relating to the belief that God made the world but does not control it

is the alternate adjective form used for the same sense
deist
vsdeistic
9.7

Believing that a creator made the world but does not act in it

is a more general relation to deism without that specific detail

How Theistic

devout
55 5.7
theistic
12 7.5
deistic
1 9.7
atheistic
12 6.7

Surface Forms

deistic positive

Morphology

deistic = deist (transparent) = deist + ic

Formed by adding the productive adjective suffix '-ic' to 'deist', so meaning is directly 'relating to deism or deists'.

Etymology

Deistic comes from deism, which comes from the Latin root deus meaning 'god', the same root as in deity. So, deistic describes beliefs about a 'god' who made the world but does not interfere.