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DEISTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does deistic mean?
• DEISTIC (adjective)
The adjective DEISTIC has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: DEISTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to deism
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
deist; deistic
Pertainym:
deism (the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation)
Derivation:
deism (the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation)
Context examples
No. There is this difference between me and deistic philosophers: I believe; and I believe the Gospel.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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