English Explanatory Dictionary

eutheism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The belief that there is a god, and that this god is benevolent.

Word forms

eutheism

Etymology

Coinage from eu- + theism (as antonym of dystheism) Attestation in a 1998 theology lecture https://web.archive.org/web/20071203180444/http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/philosophy/faculty/koons/356/lec19.html. Humorous attestation on Usenet in 2002http://groups.google.com/group/alt.games.everquest/browse_thread/thread/8f0df5dadf848aee/cb60e1f231543a29?lnk=st&q=eutheist&rnum=1#cb60e1f231543a29.

Antonyms

dystheism maltheism
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