theism

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• /ˈθiː.ɪz.əm/
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Coined, theo- + -ism. ultimately from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”). Attested in English from 1678, theist being attested 16 years earlier in 1662. Cognate French théisme, as in Diderot Principes de la philosophie morale (1745), which was probably borrowed from English.

Borrowing from New Latin thea (“tea”, noun) + English -ism.

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: theïsme — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Bulgarian: вяра в бог (vjara v bog) — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Catalan: teisme — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Chinese Mandarin: 有神論 /有神论 (yǒushénlùn) — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Czech: teismus — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Danish: teisme — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Dutch: theïsme — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Esperanto: teismo — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Estonian: teism — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Finnish: teismi — belief in existence of at least one deity
• French: théisme — belief in existence of at least one deity
• German: Theismus — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Greek: θεϊσμός (theïsmós) — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Hindi: आस्तिकता (āstiktā) — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Hungarian: teizmus — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Ido: teismo — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Japanese: 有神論 (yūshinron) — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Khmer: ទេវនិយម (teivea’ ni’yum) — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Korean: 유신론 (yusinnon) — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Central Kurdish: خواخوازی (xwaxwazî) — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Latin: theismus — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Marathi: आस्तिकता (āstiktā) — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Norwegian Bokmål: teisme — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Norwegian Nynorsk: teisme — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Occitan: teïsme — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Polish: teizm — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Portuguese: teísmo — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Romanian: teism — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Russian: теи́зм (teízm) — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Serbo-Croatian: теѝзам — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Serbo-Croatian: teìzam — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Spanish: teísmo — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Swedish: teism — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Thai: เทวนิยม — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Turkish: tanrıcılık — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Turkish: teizm — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Urdu: خدا پرستی (xudâ parasti) — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Vietnamese: thuyết có thần — belief in existence of at least one deity
• Finnish: teismi — belief in the existence of a personal, present and active creator God
• Greek: θεϊσμός (theïsmós) — belief in the existence of a personal, present and active creator God
• Hungarian: teizmus — belief in the existence of a personal, present and active creator God
• Polish: teizm — belief in the existence of a personal, present and active creator God