Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to deism or to deists; of the nature of deism; embracing or containing deism: as, a deistic writer; a deistic book.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, savoring of, or consisting in, deism
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to
deism .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to deism
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word deistic.
Examples
-
He regarded formal religion as a force to be controlled, but personally subscribed to beliefs that can be termed deistic or even agnostic, rather than conventionally religious.
THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966
-
He regarded formal religion as a force to be controlled, but personally subscribed to beliefs that can be termed deistic or even agnostic, rather than conventionally religious.
THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966
-
Miguel Dickson: – ... lots of atheists see nothing particularly troublesome about giving thanks to others, and, in a certain sense being grateful, without necessarily needing a deistic object to be grateful to.
-
I thought I was showing that Collins 'argument is based on a deistic view, not a theistic view, which would be a problem for Collins, since he's a theist.
-
Actually, cbodlt, bpbaptista, lots of atheists see nothing particularly troublesome about giving thanks to others, and, in a certain sense being grateful, without necessarily needing a deistic object to be grateful to.
-
Those hemp-growing, tree-hugging, corporate-hating deistic free loving and free thinking present-at-the-creation Americans believed above all that the Truth would keep us free.
Harvey Wasserman: The Tea Party/GOP Would Hate Our Actual Founders Harvey Wasserman 2010
-
I thought I was showing that Collins 'argument is based on a deistic view, not a theistic view, which would be a problem for Collins, since he's a theist.
-
Yet I've always admired Doctor Who; not only for its values of intellect and empathy, but also for its often overlooked ability to explore deistic themes – both in the show and through the ardent devotion of fans.
Does Doctor Who feature a god for our times? | Stephen Kelly 2011
-
But to insist that it must have done so, because a deistic argument says so, seems a little unreasonable to me.
-
Those hemp-growing, tree-hugging, corporate-hating deistic free loving and free thinking present-at-the-creation Americans believed above all that the Truth would keep us free.
Harvey Wasserman: The Tea Party/GOP Would Hate Our Actual Founders Harvey Wasserman 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.