different between freethinker vs deist

English

Alternative forms

• free-thinker

Etymology

free +? thinker, since 1692.

Noun

freethinker (plural freethinkers)

1. A person who has formed their opinions using reason and rational enquiry; somebody who has rejected dogma, especially with regard to religion.

Coordinate terms

• (religionists) religionist; Baha'i,? Buddhist,? Christian,? deist,? Druid,? Eckist,? heathen,? Hindu,? Jain,? Jedi,? Jew,? Mormon,? Mormonist,? Muslim,? Odinist,? pagan,? Pastafarian,? Rastafarian,? Raëlian,? Shintoist,? Sikh,? Taoist,? Unitarian Universalist,? Yazidi,? Wiccan,? Zoroastrian ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

Derived terms

• freethinking
• freethought

Descendants

• Danish: fritænker (calque)
• French: libre-penseur (calque)
• German: Freidenker (calque)
  • Russian: ?????????? (vol?nodúm), ???????????? (vol?nodúmec) (calque)

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• Deist
• deïst (rare)

Etymology

French déiste, from New Latin deista, from Latin Deus (“God”) + -ista (“-ist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de???st/, /di???st/
• Hyphenation: deist

Adjective

deist (comparative more deist, superlative most deist)

1. (religion) of or relating to deism.

Translations

Noun

deist (plural deists)

1. (religion) a person who believes in deism.

Hyponyms

• pandeist
• panendeist
• polydeist

Coordinate terms

• (religionists) religionist; Baha'i,? Buddhist,? Christian,? deist,? Druid,? Eckist,? heathen,? Hindu,? Jain,? Jedi,? Jew,? Mormon,? Mormonist,? Muslim,? Odinist,? pagan,? Pastafarian,? Rastafarian,? Raëlian,? Shintoist,? Sikh,? Taoist,? Unitarian Universalist,? Yazidi,? Wiccan,? Zoroastrian ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

Derived terms

• deistic
• deistical
• deistically

Translations

See also

• theist

Further reading

• deist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• deist in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• diest, diets, dites, diëts, edits, sited, stied, tides

Romanian

Etymology

From French déiste

Noun

deist m (plural dei?ti)

1. deist

Declension

Swedish

Noun

deist c

1. a deist

Declension

Anagrams

• diets, diset

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?ist/
• Hyphenation: de?ist

Noun

deist (definite accusative deisti, plural deistler)

1. (religion) a deist

Declension