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DEIST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("deist" is a kind of...):

nonreligious person (a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity)

Derivation:

deism (the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to deism

Synonyms:

deist; deistic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

deism (the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation)

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