Definition of Deistic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to deism.

Exact synonyms: Deist
Partainyms: Deism, Deism
Derivative terms: Deism

Definition of Deistic

1. a. Pertaining to, savoring of, or consisting in, deism; as, a deistic writer; a deistical book.

Definition of Deistic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to deism. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deistic

1. deist [adj] - See also: deist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deistic

deionizes
deionizing
deiparous
deipnophobia
deipnophobias
deipnosophist
deipnosophistry
deipnosophists
deiseal
deiseals
deisheal
deisheals
deism
deisms
deist
deistic (current term)
deistical
deistically
deists
deiterospinal tract
deiters nucleus
deities
deity
deitylike
deixes
deixis
deixises
deja voulu
deja vu
deja vu phenomenon

Literary usage of Deistic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Development of Religion: A Study in Anthropology and Social Psychology by Irving King (1910)
"... AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPTS OF DIVINE PERSONAGES WE here propose to give a schematic account of the possible origin and development of the deistic ..."

2. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1896)
"In the philosophical direction, Rationalism was at first deistic ; it adopted for its creed the three facts of God, free-will, and immortality, ..."

3. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1906)
"In the philosophical direction, Rationalism was at first deistic; it adopted for its creed the three facts of God, free will, and immortality, ..."

4. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1906)
"Rousseau's deistic religion. common vocation is manhood, and whoever is well trained for that cannot fulfill any vocation badly which demands manhood. ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Diderot was for a tune heartily in sympathy with deistic thought ; and the Encyclopédie was in its earlier portion an organ of deism. ..."

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