theist
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- adjective
- /ˈθiːɪst/
:
teísta
- The conference featured speakers from various backgrounds, including theist scholars who discussed the nature of divine intervention.
Examples
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Theist ethicists and science-fiction writers have been playing with those issues for decades.
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Meanwhile, I'm just going to continue calling fucking morons when I see them, whether they are atheist or theist, gay or straight, ugly, smelly, and gross, clean and fresh, or just plain, regular old stupid.
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Well, it's really a common place if you are a traditional theist of a certain sort.
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This is a theist mind block.
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Our writers and contributors are theist, atheist, and maybe somewhere in between.
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Perhaps anti-theist atheists?
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Many philosophers identify as theist, arguing that belief in a god provides a foundation for moral values.
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In discussions of theology, a theist perspective often contrasts with atheism and agnosticism.
Synonyms
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Believing that a god or gods exist
About belief in a god or gods
Surface Forms
Morphology
theist = theism (transparent) = theo + ist
The adjective is formed from the same belief-root plus '-ist', yielding a relational adjective.
Etymology
The word theist, used as an adjective, comes from the Greek root theos 'god' and the part -ist that links to belief. So a theist view or idea is one that supports belief in a god or gods.