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for Theism
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Theism \The"ism\, n. [From Gr. ? God; probably akin to ? to pray
for, ? spoken by God, decreed: cf. F. th['e]isme. Cf.
Enthusiasm, Pantheon, Theology.]
The belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a God, as
opposed to atheism, pantheism, or polytheism.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Theism \The"ism\ (th[=e]"[i^]z'm), n. [NL. & E. thea tea +
-ism.] (Med.)
The morbid condition resulting from the excessive use of tea.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
theism
n 1: the doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods
[ant: atheism, godlessness]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "theism":
acosmism, adoration, allotheism, anthropolatry, anthropomorphism,
anthropotheism, autotheism, churchgoing, conformity, cosmotheism,
cultism, deism, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, ditheism,
dualism, dutifulness, dyotheism, faith, faithfulness, henotheism,
hylotheism, love of God, monolatry, monotheism, multitheism,
myriotheism, observance, pantheism, physicomorphism, physitheism,
pietism, piety, piousness, polytheism, psychotheism, religion,
religionism, religiousness, reverence, tetratheism, theopantism,
theriotheism, tritheism, veneration, worship, worshipfulness,
zootheism
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