theist
noun/ˈθiːɪst/
Etymology From Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) + English -ist.
1
One who believes in the existence of a god or gods.
- The term stands in contradistinction to theism which, in its widest sense, means belief in a personal god, goddess, gods and /or goddesses.1999, Jeaneane D. Fowler, Humanism: Beliefs & Practices, page 66
- The theist is a man firmly persuaded of the existence of a Supreme Being as good as He is powerful, who has formed all beings with extension, vegetating, sentient and reflecting; who perpetuates their species, who punishes crimes without cruelty, and rewards virtuous actions with kindness.1764, Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary:
2 more examples
- […] and I call him a theist who believes in any God.1854, Theodore Parker, “Speculative Atheism”, in W. J. Linton, editors, The English Republic, volume 3, page 205:
- No one is to be called a Theist, who does not believe in a Personal God, whatever difficulty there may be in defining the word "Personal."1870, John Henry Newman, An Essay in aid of a Grammar of Assent, page 119:
- Antonyms
- atheist
- Derived terms
- antitheist, autotheist, dystheist, heliotheist, multitheist, nontheist, tetratheist, zootheist
- Related terms
- theism
- Hyponyms
- bitheist, ditheist, deist, monotheist, omnitheist, pandeist, panentheist, pantheist, cosmotheist, polytheist, tritheist