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Deist

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de·ism  (dzm, d-)
n.
The belief, based solely on reason, in a God who created the universe and then abandoned it, assuming no control over life, exerting no influence on natural phenomena, and giving no supernatural revelation.
[French déisme, from Latin deus, god; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots.]
deist n.
de·istic adj.
de·isti·cal·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.deist - a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it
freethinker
nonreligious person - a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity
Adj.1.deist - of or relating to deism
deistic


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He derived the ideas, in fragmentary fashion, from Bolingbroke, who was an amateur Deist and optimist of the shallow eighteenth century type, and so far was Pope from understanding what he was doing that he was greatly disturbed when it was pointed out to him that the theology of the poem was Deistic rather than Christian [Footnote: The name Deist was applied rather generally in the eighteenth century to all persons who did not belong to some recognized Christian denomination.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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