non-theistn.adj.
/nɒnˈθiːɪst/, U.S. /nɑnˈθiᵻst/ A. n.
A person who is not a theist.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [noun] > person
wanbelieverc1440
unbeliever1526
infidela1530
nullifidian1564
atheist1571
sceptic1638
disbeliever1648
non-believer1649
scorner1651
scoffer1691
sceptic-Christian1711
nothingarian1776
nothingist1797
no-religionist1827
nihilist1854
netheist1855
non-theist1857
agnostic1869
nescient1872
post-Christian1886
bush baptist1902
no-Goddite1952
1857 J. Buchanan Mod. Atheism 365 The Non-theist..affirms that natural reason has not yet attained to (evidence of) Supernatural Being.
1894 Philos. Rev. 3 637 To the Theist, too little is given; to the non-Theist, too much is woven into the argument.
1944 W. Temple Let. 6 Mar. (1963) 148 But there is a Christian way of living and it is possible for non-theists to appreciate it and try to follow it.
1995 Philos. Rev. 104 485 Theistic beliefs may be generated from experiences commonly shared by the theist and non-theist alike.
B. adj.
= non-theistic adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [adjective]
ortrowOE
unbelievedc1200
unbelieffulc1380
untrowfulc1380
mislevefula1382
mistrowablea1382
mistrowfula1382
mistrowinga1382
unfaithfulc1384
faithlessa1400
unbelievinga1400
untrothfula1400
misbelieffula1425
out of beliefa1425
untraistfulc1480
untruthfulc1480
godless1528
irreligious1561
incredulous1578
atheistical1588
athean1611
atheal1612
atheous1612
beliefless1612
nullifidian1661
atheist1667
unreligious1814
nihilistic1848
know-nothing1862
nescient1863
non-theistic1863
agnostical?a1870
agnostic1870
non-theist1913
no-God1923
1913 C. H. Toy Introd. Hist. Relig. 477 In certain regions..Buddhism coalesces with popular nature-cults and shamanistic systems, and loses its nontheistic character.
1941 W. N. Nevius Relig. as Experience & Truth xiv. 329 For a mechanistic, that is, nontheistic philosophy, evil is no less a problem.
1969 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 30 196 Confucius is a nontheist humanist.
1996 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 90 708/1 Rights related to religion (including theist and nontheist beliefs).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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