abnormalist

From abnormal +‎ -ist.

abnormalist (plural abnormalists)

1. (Christianity, theology) One who believes that the cosmos is in an abnormal state that can only be set right by divine influence.

   Antonym: normalist

   • 2002, David K. Naugle, Worldview: The History of a Concept, page 21:

     On the other hand, there is the worldview represented by the abnormalists, who insist that the cosmos is in an aberrant state because a fundamental disturbance has taken place in the past which can only be remedied by a regenerating power that can restore it to its original goals (theism).

   • 2009, Mark R. McMinn, Clark D. Campbell, Integrative Psychotherapy, page 289:

     Abnormalists, in contrast, view the world as fundamentally broken, skewed or distorted. Christians believe that we live in an abnormal state—biologically, socially, psychologically, volitionally, emotionally— […]