(n.) The belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a God, as opposed to atheism, pantheism, or polytheism.
Example Sentences:
(1) The sketch that occasioned this lurch of theism on my part was a typical piece of Morrisian excess.
Theist
Definition:
(n.) One who believes in the existence of a God; especially, one who believes in a personal God; -- opposed to atheist.
Example Sentences:
(1) He had the bells play John Lennon's anti-theist song Imagine as part of an arts festival, which shocked some people but helped to restore the sense that the cathedral was connected to the city's imagination.
(2) Just a week ago, Craig Hicks, an apparently militant anti-theist murdered three American Muslim college students in Chapel Hill; the FBI and local law enforcement have opened an inquiry into the possibility that it was a hate crime .
(3) I’m an anti-theist, not an atheist … I’ve been forced to confront it by meeting people morally superior to myself, braver than myself, who live in terrible countries, or very dangerous situations, and do witness in a wonderful way for the rights of others, and are self-sacrificing.
(4) When he was president, Thomas Jefferson, a fervent theist, told a group of Baptist ministers government had no business meddling in religion.