goddist

English

Etymology

God +‎ -ist

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Noun

goddist (plural goddists)

1. (slang) a believer in God, a monotheist
   • 1842, “Why are we atheists?”, in Thomas Paterson, editors, The Oracle of Reason, Or, Philosophy Vindicated‎^[1], number 36, page 318:

     It may be laid down as a premise that every goddist has certain notions of a deity peculiar to himself...

   • 2007 November 2, Elizer Yudkowsky, “An Alien God”, in Less Wrong‎^[2]:

     The Goddists said "God did it", because you get 50 bonus points each time you use the word "God" in a sentence.