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deists

/deɪˈɪsts/

deists is the plural of deist.

Meaning of deist

Noun

deist (plural deists)

  1. A person who believes in deism.
    • It was reason that led most of the Enlightenment thinkers to repudiate a belief in an anthropomorphic God who took an interest in human affairs.⁶ The application of reason revealed that reports of miracles were dubious, that the authors of holy books were all too human, that natural events unfolded...2018, Steven Pinker, “Chapter 1: Dare to Understand!; Chapter 2: Entro, Evo, Info”, in Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress, Penguin, →ISBN
    Antonyms:
    antideist, nondeist

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Noun capitalized: Deists

Deists

  1. (plural) plural of Deist (alternative spelling of deists).

Words that rhyme with deists

Questions about deists

What is deists the plural of?
Deists is the plural of deist.
What part of speech is deists?
Deists is a noun.
How do you pronounce deists?
Deists is pronounced /deɪˈɪsts/.

Words near deists in the dictionary

  1. deistic evolutionists
  2. deistical
  3. deistically
  4. deisticalness
  5. deisticness
  6. deists
  7. deisul
  8. deitalicization
  9. deitalicize
  10. deitalicized
  11. deitalicizes

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