deist

Other forms: deists

Definitions of deist
  1. noun
    a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it
    synonyms: freethinker
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    type of:
    nonreligious person
    a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity
  2. adjective
    of or relating to deism
    synonyms: deistic
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