theist
noun[C]
religionspecializeduk/ˈθiː.ɪst/us/ˈθiː.ɪst/someone whobelievesin theexistenceof agodorgods,especiallyagodwhocreatedtheworldand whoactstoinfluenceevents:
Thetaskof the theist, asstatedin thisbook, is todefinewhat he or shemeansby the word "God", and to give someevidenceforbelievingthat thisdeityexists.
Theistsregardnatureas being thecreationofGod.
Compare
agnostic
atheist
deist
monotheist
nontheist
pantheist
- Atheists and theistsinterpretinformationabout thecosmosinradicallydifferentways.
- Darwin's ownpersonalagnosticism,evenif it had beenknownpublicly, might have made littledifferenceto theists.
- Some theists andatheistscantalkto one another;otherscannot.
Religious people: believers & non-believers
- anti-evolution
- anti-evolutionary
- anti-evolutionist
- anti-humanist
- antichrist
- deist
- evolutionist
- faithful
- faithless
- faithlessly
- libertine
- monotheist
- mystic
- non-believer
- non-Christian
- theistic
- unbelief
- unbeliever
- unbelieving
- unconverted
theist
adjective
religionspecializeduk/ˈθiː.ɪst/us/ˈθiː.ɪst/believingin theexistenceof agodorgods,especiallyagodwhocreatedtheworldand whoactstoinfluenceevents, orrelatingto such abelief:
Ireadanarticleby aprominenttheistphilosopherinAustralia.
We do notacceptthe theistargumentthatscienceandreasonare alsobasedonfaith.
Compare
agnostic
atheist
deist
monotheist
nontheist
pantheist
- We're not deist, we're theist - webelieveGodisinvolvedin theworkingsofourlives.
- He called on them todiscardtheirtheistideas.
- She doesn'tdepictbelieversassimpletonsbutoffersa morecomplexportraitof the theistpsyche.
Religious people: believers & non-believers
- anti-evolution
- anti-evolutionary
- anti-evolutionist
- anti-humanist
- antichrist
- deist
- evolutionist
- faithful
- faithless
- faithlessly
- libertine
- monotheist
- mystic
- non-believer
- non-Christian
- theistic
- unbelief
- unbeliever
- unbelieving
- unconverted