theism
nounEtymology
Coined, theo- + -ism. ultimately from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”). Attested in English from 1678, theist being attested 16 years earlier in 1662. Cognate French théisme, as in Diderot Principes de la philosophie morale (1745), which was probably borrowed from English.
- derived from θεός
Definitions
Belief in the existence of at least one deity.
Belief in the existence of a personal creator god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses present…
Belief in the existence of a personal creator god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses present and active in the governance and organization of the world and the universe. The God may be known by or through revelation.
- The term stands in contradistinction to theism which, in its widest sense, means belief in a personal god, goddess, gods and/or goddesses.
A morbid condition resulting from excessive consumption of tea.
- "Theism" belongs to that genus of disease in which morphinism, caffeinism, and vanillaism belong.
The neighborhood
- neighboratheism
- neighborthearchy
- neighbortheist
- neighbortheistic
- neighbortheistical
- neighbortheistically
- neighbortheists
- neighbortheo-
- neighbortheocracy
- neighbortheology
- neighbortheopanism
- neighbortheosophy
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for theism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA