universist

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noun

One who exclusively applies personal reason and experience to existential, religious and moral questions, accepts and is inspired by the natural uncertainty of the human state, and denies the validity of revelation, faith and dogma.

OriginEnglish universe ← Middle English universe ← Old French univers →
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Meanings

noununiversist (plural universists)

plural universists

  1. One who exclusively applies personal reason and experience to existential, religious and moral questions, accepts and is inspired by the natural uncertainty of the human state, and denies the validity of revelation, faith and dogma.
adjectiveuniversist (comparative more universist, superlative most universist)

comparative more universist · superlative most universist

  1. Of or relating to universists or universism.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  3. Proto-Italic*oinos
  4. Old Latinoinos
  5. Latinūnus
  6. Latinversus
  7. Latinūniversus
  8. Old Frenchunivers
  9. Middle Englishuniverse
  10. Englishuniverse
  11. Englishuniversist

From universe + -ist.

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Cite this entry
APA

universist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/universist

MLA

“universist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/universist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “universist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/universist.

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