Atheism Definition
āthē-ĭzəm
noun
Disbelief in or denial of the existence of God or gods.
American Heritage
The belief that there is no God, or denial that God or gods exist.
Webster's New World
Godlessness.
Webster's New World
(narrowly) Belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs).
Wiktionary
(broadly) Rejection of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist).
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- infidelity
- materialism
- skeptical atheism
- atheism
- dogmatic
- pyrrhonism
- irreverence
- disbelief in God
- iconoclasm
- nihilism
- denial of God
- disbelief
- freethinking
- skepticism
- antichristianism
Other Word Forms of Atheism
Noun
Singular:
atheism
Plural:
atheismsOrigin of Atheism
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16th century French athéisme, from athée (“atheist”), a loan from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “godless”), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + θεός (theos, “deity, god”). First English attestation dates to 1587 (OED).
From Wiktionary
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French athéisme from athée atheist from Greek atheos godless a- without a–1 theos god dhēs- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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