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Definition: Theist |
TheistAdjective1. Of or relating to theism. Noun1. One who believes in the existence of a god or gods. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "theist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Theism (from Greek θεoς theos god) is used in two meanings: It can be either the belief in God and/or Goddess as unitary being or specifically the belief in God as creator of the universe who is actively involved in maintaining and ruling it.
The first meaning sees four major views of the role of God/dess in the world in this context:
Within theism proper, it can be differentiated between
- proper theism (second definition), the view that God[dess] is immanent in the world, yet transcends it;
- deism, the view that God/dess created the world but does not interact with it;
- pantheism, the view that the world is identical to God/dess; and
- panentheism, the view that the world is entirely contained within God/dess, while at the same time God is something greater than just the world.
Typical theistic religions are Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Baha'i.
- monotheism (there is only one god)
- polytheism (there are several gods)
- henotheism (there are several gods, but only one of them is adored)
Compare: Deism, Atheism, Agnosticism, Aldeism, Panentheism, Maltheism
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Theism."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A theist is a believer in God. A polytheist is one who believes in multiple gods.See also:
- Theism
- Polytheism
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Theist."
Synonyms: TheistSynonyms: theistic (adj), theistical (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Heterodoxy | Lalatitudinarian, Deist, Theist, Unitarian; positivist, materialist; Homoiousian, Homoousian, limitarian, theosophist, ubiquitarian; skeptic |
Piety | Believer, convert, theist, Christian, devotee, pietist; the good, the righteous, the just, the believing, the elect; Saint, Madonna, Notre Dame, Our Lady. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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| "Theist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Theist" is used about 76 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 76 | 38,217 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
theist | 10 |
agnostic theist | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "theist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Farsi | یزدان گرای , موحد, معتقدبخدا, خداپرست (Deist), خداشناس (Godly, Theologian). (various references) | |
Greek | μονοθεϊστήσ (monotheist), θεϊστήσ (deist). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eistthay.(various references) | |
Russian | теист. (various references) | |
Spanish | tei/sta, teísta (theistic). (various references) | |
Swedish | teist. (various references) | |
Turkish | teist, tanrıya inanan kimse, tanrıya inanır, allah'a inanan kimse. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | теїст, монотеїст (monotheist). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "theist": theistic, theistical, theistically, theists. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "theist": atheist, ditheist, henotheist, monotheist, nontheist, pantheist, polytheist, tritheist. (additional references) | |
Words containing "theist": atheistic, atheistical, atheistically, atheists, ditheists, henotheistic, henotheists, monotheistic, monotheistical, monotheistically, monotheists, nontheistic, nontheists, pantheistic, pantheistical, pantheistically, pantheists, polytheistic, polytheistical, polytheists, tritheistic, tritheistical, tritheists. (additional references) | |
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"Theist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cheist, tenist, thais, thaith, theash, theet, theift, theios, theis, theise, thesi, thesp, theus, theys, thieft, thiest, thist, thoist, thoust, Thysia, thyst. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "theist" (pronounced 'The"ist'): Adeptist, Alarmist, Alcoranist, Alkoranist, Antitheist, Artist, Balloonist, Bassoonist, Boodhist, Bronzist, Bullist, Canoeist, Cartoonist, Chartist, Chemist, Concordist, Conformist, Copist, Deist, Feudist, flutist, Glossist, harpist, Legerdemainist, lutist, Lyrist, machinist, Magazinist, Maurist, Modist, Monist, Nonconformist, Occultist, Odist, Opportunist, Panslavist, Paulist, Pianist, Psalmist, Purist, Red-tapist, reformist, reservist, Rhymist, Rodomontadist, Romist, Routinist, Schemist, Sectist, Selfist. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tithes. | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: heist, teths, tithe. | |
-2 letters: eths, hest, hets, hies, hist, hits, sett, site, sith, stet, test, teth, tets, this, ties. | |
-3 letters: eth, hes, het, hie, his, hit, its, sei, set, she, sit, tet, the, tie, tis. | |
-4 letters: eh, es, et, he, hi, is, it, sh, si, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: atheist, hitters, lithest, pettish, staithe, theists, thistle, tithers, wettish, whitest. | |
+2 letters: atheists, blithest, chitters, chitties, ditheist, epithets, esthetic, ethicist, fitchets, gothites, hastiest, heftiest, hesitant, hesitate, hootiest, itchiest, lathiest, lightest, mothiest, mythiest, pithiest, restitch, rightest, sixtieth, staithes, stitched, stitcher, stitches, stithied, stithies, tachiste, techiest, theistic, thelitis, theorist, thewiest, thickest, thickets, thickset, thinnest, thirsted, thirster, thirties, thistles, thorites, thymiest, tightens, tightest, twitches, whitiest, whitters, whittles, withiest. | |
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