English Explanatory Dictionary

atheism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A non-belief in deities.
  2. Belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs).
  3. A lack of belief in deities, or a belief that there is insufficient evidence to believe in a god.
  4. Absence of belief that any deities exist (including absence of the concept of deities).
  5. Absence of belief in a particular deity, pantheon, or religious doctrine (notwithstanding belief in other deities).
  6. A rejection of all religions, even non-theistic ones.

Pronunciation

/ˈeɪ.θi.ɪ.zəm/ en-us-atheism.ogg

Word forms

atheism atheisms

Etymology

16th century Middle French athéisme, from athée (“atheist”), a loan from Ancient Greek ἄθεος (átheos, “godless”, from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + θεός (theós, “deity, god”)). First English attestation dates to 1587 (OED).

Synonyms

; Epicureanism antireligiousness irreligion irreligiousness nonreligion nonreligiousness

Antonyms

theism religion

Related words

atheist atheistic atheistical atheistically atheisticalness atheophobia agnosticism atheal athean atheonism deism monotheism panentheism pantheism polytheism theism

Derived words

antiatheism Atheism Plus faitheism hard atheism metatheism neoatheism new atheism nonatheism panatheism pseudoatheism pseudo-atheism soft atheism state atheism

Translations

Afrikaans: ateïsme Albanian: ateizëm Arabic: إِلْحَاد Arabic: زَنْدَقَة Arabic: الحاد Armenian: աթեիզմ Armenian: աստվածամերժություն Azerbaijani: ateizm Basque: ateismo Belarusian: атэі́зм Belarusian: бязбо́жжа Belarusian: бязбо́жнасць Bengali: নাস্তিক্যবাদ Breton: dizoueegezh Bulgarian: атеи́зъм Bulgarian: безбо́жие Burmese: ဘုရားမဲ့ဝါဒ Catalan: ateisme Chinese Cantonese: 無神論 /无神论 Chinese Mandarin: 無神論 /无神论 Czech: ateismus Danish: ateisme Dutch: atheïsme Esperanto: ateismo Estonian: ateism Faroese: gudloysi Finnish: ateismi French: athéisme Galician: ateísmo Georgian: ათეიზმი German: Atheismus German: Gottlosigkeit Greek: αθεΐα Greek: αθεϊσμός Hawaiian: hōʻole akua Hebrew: אַתֶּאִיְזם Hindi: नास्तिकता Hungarian: ateizmus Icelandic: trúleysi Icelandic: guðleysi Ido: ateismo Indonesian: ateisme Interlingua: atheismo Irish: aindiachas Italian: ateismo Japanese: 無神論 Kazakh: дінсіздік Kazakh: атеизм Khmer: អទេវនិយម Korean: 무신론
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